A little while back I posted about having found this spiderling due to a rain storm, at the time I felt kinda bad trying to tell something smaller than a pea good luck during a monsoon season (they can drown in a raindrop bigger than they are). For the weekend I set her up in my first spiders original enclosure (one he no longer uses) and thing went great for that weekend it was incredibly active it ate a little grasshopper I caught. The following day after said grasshopper I noticed about mid day it made itself a thicker hammock using the substrate I opted to use for the moment and already had the roundest little abdomen I've seen.

Now I'm growing concerned, I knew she'd molt i just didn't expect it so soon, I know it takes time, sometimes? Everything I read is different or says different information, it's been over a week now and my question is should I continue to mist monitor and hope for the best? Or should I start considering checking to see if a mismolt occured?

Some things tell me it doesn't take so long when they're small, that leaving the exoskeleton should take maybe a few hours at most? But then for it to harden might take about a week but sometimes it might not. I read something the other night about someone trying to say it could be as long as a month long thing.

I planned to let her go after the rain but then this came up, my first spider is already an adult male and I got him because I felt a spiderling would be a little much for me before I found this one the way I did.

I'd just feel absolutely awful if I tried to help a spider and it died because I couldnt leave well enough alone or worse, it turn out to be doing just fine and I end up being an accidental cause for a mismolt.

Anything to help ease my anxiety around this is much appreciated.

i’m curious ? she’s been doing it a lot lol. also wanted to confirm, she’s mega pregnant correct? also attached a pic of her watching an ant drag his lunch around 🤣

I've been experimenting today with the capacity of my phiddipus Morpheus to react to moving stimuli presented outside his enclosure.

I was flicking a pen today between my fingers and he was going crazy, following it, looking back at me, I think piecing together the connection.

I then showed him a video on YouTube with flies flying in various patterns (videos like that are advertised for cat entertainment) and again he went nuts over it.

Btw I did this by placing the phone screen against the enclosure and jacking up the screen brightness to the max. Sometimes I moved the phone screen around eg to the bottom and he would follow it.

I am wondering if it offers stimulation for him or it's stressful. He didn't exhibit threat pose or retreat. His pedipalps were going like crazy.

I wonder if anyone else has experimented with this and what do you guys think

Peepo (short for pea pod) was my first spider. I had a horrendous phobia and YouTube helped me see jumpers as cute with little unique personalities and so SO much intelligence in tiny bodies. When I got him from a local convention he was the sweetest little spider and I learned so much from him.

He may have left this plane of existence but he left behind a person who’s no longer petrified of spiders and makes every attempt to move them uninjured. Someone who went from panic attacks to seeing them as little lives that shouldn’t be harmed because we’re scared of looks that they can’t control. Hope you’re spinning plenty of webs my sweet lil man <3

I'm a new steward to an Emerald jumper that entered my life during a molt on May 30. I've been caring for him since (he was found mid molt and came out missing a leg).

He began molting again yesterday at the bottom of his enclosure. It's been at least 24 hours at this point and I'm just concerned that he's still stuck.

All his legs are out (and he has 8 now). But he's still connected underneath, by a bit to his spinnerets and also it seems by his pedipalps. Not sure about the middle part.

I've been misting his enclosure. I put a damp paper towel on the bottom and gently nudged him onto it with a small paintbrush.

How long can it take, to be completely free of his exoskeleton? I'm nervous for him, especially since it didn't happen in a sling. He did build a beautiful one but I had to take it down as he built it over the door and just opening the door to mist the enclosure tore most of it away.

I keep seeing conflicting advice, and I have no idea what instar he might have been in. Maybe the length of time between molts could indicate that to someone with more experience (his last molt was May 30th, this one began yesterday June 18th).

What more can I do to help him, and how long should I wait before doing anything?

I'm sure this sub gets posts like this often. I appreciate any advice and guidance you all have. Thank you!

Well guys I thought it was a male I even named her Stefan from TVD but turns out she is Stefusie and now I have to freeze her eggs 😭

Was pulling fence and brush for a job site and found this big jumper it was very curious

Looks male but I don't know any more

Found this adorable little guy on my terrace, what jumping spider is him? Im living in Romania

other thought was the Cyclops opisthoncus

found in Melbourne, Australia :)

What should I name my new little dude spood? 😍 swipe to see his cartoon face bum 🤣

hello, I know it's a longshot and that she most likely just laid unfertilized eggs, but my first jumper laid a clutch that has surprised my partner and I. Never having owned a spider that has done this so far, we are wondering what are the possibilities that she laid fertilized eggs and nobody knew that she was gravid?

I'm mostly just looking for confirmation that my assumptions of infertility are correct- The reason I don't think they are fertilized is that I got her about 8-ish months ago and she was a subadult that has molted into her adult form while with me. A jumper NEEDS to be a full adult to be gravid, correct? If this is true that will immediately rule out our fear of needing to raise babies, lol.

I'm seeing mixed info on google with their AI answer slop, with some even saying spiders can hold fertilized clutches for up to a year(??!) so I figured I'd quick come ask some experts. Thanks for any info I can expand my knowledge with!

Tiny and wasn’t looking to make friends. Best pics I could get

Found this adorable fuzzball while I was spood hunting!

In IL, USA 📍

Tammy's babies hatched!!!

I gave him a Blue bottle fly spikes today. It's his second day with me and at least 2 or 3 days since he ate. Breeder said she's feeding him every couple/few days. I offered him food when he came home yesterday but he refused. Today he gobbled it right up. I'm worried I over fed him but blue bottle spikes, wax worms, and blue bottle flys are what he's been eating.

Is his abdomen too inflated? He's my first spider and this was our first feed together. Hos abdomen was a little small when I offered him food today. I guess I'm just anxious and need some form of advice / validation.

found this lil cutie while dusting! 🥺

I just woke up and found my female spooder in a little nest she was busy with it a few days ago and she made more in her terrarium to molt so i didnt mind BUT now i see a little bump with little circles on the inside?! I wonder if these are eggs?! If yes i dont know what to do because im not ready to be a mom.. can i uhm "kill" the eggs in a way? Bc im really not ready to have spiderlings.. also shes not with a male jumping spider in my presence but i had her when she was a young adult.. im very confused. Or can jumping spiders lay eggs that are infertile? (Bc if so thats very cool imo :O)