My Jumping Spider Project

[Second Hand Pat]

July last year I bought my first jumping spider slings (baby spider). I got two regal jumping spider slings, they were only 1/4 inch, tiny things and by mid-October they were adults. I ended up with a male and female; Pudding and Scooter.

This is Pudding

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52640175902_03e982faba_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ocCEkG)Pudding (https://flic.kr/p/2ocCEkG) by Pat Husband (https://www.flickr.com/photos/129594174@N08/)

This is Scooter

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52640169437_af2c654c1c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ocCCqe)Scooter (https://flic.kr/p/2ocCCqe) by Pat Husband (https://www.flickr.com/photos/129594174@N08/)

Then I bought two more slings from a local breeder and expressed an interest in breeding and she bought over Lovely and Charley.

This is Lovely

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52640158432_b6abc02bbb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ocCz9u)Lovely, Female Regal JS (https://flic.kr/p/2ocCz9u) by Pat Husband (https://www.flickr.com/photos/129594174@N08/)

I do not have any photos of Charley. He looks exactly like Pudding. All male regal jumping spiders have the same black and white pattern. So after I had the four adult around each other awhile. All in their own enclosures I decided to introduce Pudding and Lovely and this happen.


http://youtu.be/HykT0RkxHNc

More later.

[brewmaster15]

Pat those are incredible pics!!!!.. I take it the Mirrorless Z9 is working out well for you? :)

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[Second Hand Pat]

Pat those are incredible pics!!!!.. I take it the Mirrorless Z9 is working out well for you? :)

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Thank you Al, it took a bit of time and practice to get "great" spiders pics. I use a light box, around F14-22 and a 105 macro with two extension tubes to give me that sweet spot. Yes, I am loving the Z9 but still is a learning curve :D
Pat

[brewmaster15]

Thank you Al, it took a bit of time and practice to get "great" spiders pics. I use a light box, around F14-22 and a 105 macro with two extension tubes to give me that sweet spot. Yes, I am loving the Z9 but still is a learning curve :D
Pat

You are lucky that your models are so well behaved and staying still for you! Thats one great thing about spiders..immobility is in their nature.

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[jwcarlson]

That's extremely cool, Pat. Great pics and videos!

[Second Hand Pat]

You are lucky that your models are so well behaved and staying still for you! Thats one great thing about spiders..immobility is in their nature.

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That would be nice if true Al but jumping spiders like to move. They go for height and light.
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

That's extremely cool, Pat. Great pics and videos!

Thank you Jacob :D
Pat

[bossanova]

I’m never, ever coming over LOL. My absolute nightmare.

[Second Hand Pat]

I’m never, ever coming over LOL. My absolute nightmare.

No worries, the spiders are each in their own enclosure in an upstairs bedroom lol. Even my hubby is warming up to them and he is totally a non-spider guy.
Pat

[bossanova]

No worries, the spiders are each in their own enclosure in an upstairs bedroom lol. Even my hubby is warming up to them and he is totally a non-spider guy.
Pat

N-O-P-E !! Lots of worries ;-) I wouldn't like it if they were 3 houses down. And I used to own a big snake in college. Phobias are real... He must love you very very much, hang onto him!

[jwcarlson]

I hate to say it, but you've probably got some of these guys/girls a lot closer than three houses down! :D

I do not enjoy being surprised by spiders, but if I know they're there I really enjoy watching them. There was one that made a nice web in the corner of my garage this fall and I would fed him as many size-appropriate bugs as I could catch every day. She(?) started coming out and anticipating I was going to toss her some flies.

[Second Hand Pat]

I hate to say it, but you've probably got some of these guys/girls a lot closer than three houses down! :D

I do not enjoy being surprised by spiders, but if I know they're there I really enjoy watching them. There was one that made a nice web in the corner of my garage this fall and I would fed him as many size-appropriate bugs as I could catch every day. She(?) started coming out and anticipating I was going to toss her some flies.

Hi Jacob, these guys are all domestically breed. Jumping spiders have become hugely popular.

and I agree with you that I do not like being surprised especially when you catch a web across the face. When I run into one I back away to see who the owner is lol. It's cool you started to feed your local spiders. They are smart little beings :)
Pat

[jwcarlson]

I have thought about capturing some of the ones (jumping spiders) that live under my bee hive lids for some time. I try very hard not to hurt them and usually just relocate them nearby and assume they find their way back just fine. Usually I can work around them, but occasionally they need to be moved temporarily for their safety.

[RogueDiscus]

We have many jumping spiders in our back yard. They like my little green house. Their eyesight is apparently incredible. I had one a couple years ago living in a pile of old lumber whose body was over an inch long. It must have been there a while. I couldn't help but keep my distance. As a kid I had a couple face to face experiences. I was cutting across a field once and stopped just short of a large garden spider web (yellow and black oval abdomen). Once on an exploring trip a few blocks from home to an old farm I ventured inside the old delapidated barn. Just like in the movies. I'm walking slowly through it and suddenly realized I was a foot away from a web that spanned the whole space with one of those brown spiders with the knobby backs about the size of my hand sitting in the middle. Really. I ran out as fast as I could. I figure it could catch birds in that web. My wife hates spiders so i get to be the household hero all the time.

Love the pics and video Pat. Makes me consider getting my camera out again.

[Second Hand Pat]

We have many jumping spiders in our back yard. They like my little green house. Their eyesight is apparently incredible. I had one a couple years ago living in a pile of old lumber whose body was over an inch long. It must have been there a while. I couldn't help but keep my distance. As a kid I had a couple face to face experiences. I was cutting across a field once and stopped just short of a large garden spider web (yellow and black oval abdomen). Once on an exploring trip a few blocks from home to an old farm I ventured inside the old delapidated barn. Just like in the movies. I'm walking slowly through it and suddenly realized I was a foot away from a web that spanned the whole space with one of those brown spiders with the knobby backs about the size of my hand sitting in the middle. Really. I ran out as fast as I could. I figure it could catch birds in that web. My wife hates spiders so i get to be the household hero all the time.

Love the pics and video Pat. Makes me consider getting my camera out again.

Steve, I use to go quail hunting with my dad as a kid and this is in Florida. So there are plenty of large spiders with even larger webs. I hated catching those webs across my face. The webs were so strong and large you could throw a large stick into the web and the stick would be suspended in the web. I was convinced (as a kid) that I would not get free of the web. :)
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

This is Lovely whom I breed to Pudding on Dec 30. She maybe gravid. I placed a teacup orchid in a light box and let Lovely explore the flowers.
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[LizStreithorst]

She really does have a lovely face, but that butt....I just can't get used to it.

[Second Hand Pat]

She really does have a lovely face, but that butt....I just can't get used to it.

Thanks Liz, this little spider is actually pregnant or in spider terms. It’s called Graviid.
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

I have some news I am excited about. Lovely laid an egg sack within the last 24 hours. It's yellow and about an inch round. I will see if I can get a pic. She laid in her hide.
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[jwcarlson]

That's awesome, Pat! :)

[Second Hand Pat]

That's awesome, Pat! :)

Thank you Jacob :D
Pat

[LizStreithorst]

What are you going to do with gazillian baby jumping spiders, Pat?

[Second Hand Pat]

What are you going to do with gazillian baby jumping spiders, Pat?

Hi Liz, I am releasing the babies on the property. I am considering keeping a couple just to see how they develop.
Pat

[LizStreithorst]

Hi Liz, I am releasing the babies on the property. I am considering keeping a couple just to see how they develop.
Pat

You have the soul of a breeder. Maybe you could start your own unique line and get rich selling them. :p

[Second Hand Pat]

You have the soul of a breeder. Maybe you could start your own unique line and get rich selling them. :p

Then it becomes a job Liz and that's not happening. I am loving being retired :D
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

Here are some pictures of Pegleg. It's a regal baby and about half grown. Most likely a male

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[Second Hand Pat]

This is Hunter. It is a canopy jumping spider (P. Otiosus) and is quite different then the regal jumping spiders, smaller and way faster.

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[brewmaster15]

Very cool Pat. These remind me of the spiders we would get when I worked during college as a summer research assistant here in CT. We would sample the critter populations on bushes and trees using a simple but effective cloth square.. kind of looked like an upside down kite. It was about 2 ft square with wood supports like the old style simple kites... we would hold this tarp under the branches and beat the branch with a stick. That knocked off all kinds of critters... we were looking for certain caterpillars but wow there were a ton of spiders of all sorts and many were jumpers.

[dagray]

awesome Pat.

I encourage the people friendly/bug unfriendly spiders to live with me in the house.

[Second Hand Pat]

Very cool Pat. These remind me of the spiders we would get when I worked during college as a summer research assistant here in CT. We would sample the critter populations on bushes and trees using a simple but effective cloth square.. kind of looked like an upside down kite. It was about 2 ft square with wood supports like the old style simple kites... we would hold this tarp under the branches and beat the branch with a stick. That knocked off all kinds of critters... we were looking for certain caterpillars but wow there were a ton of spiders of all sorts and many were jumpers.

That's a cool way to collect bugs Al. sure beats catching them individually :)
Pat


awesome Pat.

I encourage the people friendly/bug unfriendly spiders to live with me in the house.

Me too Dave and sometimes my hubby dislikes me for it. :D
Pat

[brewmaster15]

Pat, its a great way to collect food for your spiders and turtle as well as macrophotos

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=entomological+beating+sheet&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Fextreme-macro.co.uk%2Fbeating-for-insects%2Fbeating-sheet.jpg

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Source..https://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/collecting.preparation.methods/Beating.sheet.htm

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[Second Hand Pat]

Great idea Al finally something that Amazon does not have (I was curious) lol.
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

Meet Pecan. He is a sub-adult regal jumping spider. He is called a Florida Super White. He is sort of a shy "home body" kind of guy lol.

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[danotaylor]

G’day Pecan. Love your emerald colored mo’ bro! :D

[Second Hand Pat]

G’day Pecan. Love your emerald colored mo’ bro! :D

Thank you Danny :D

[Second Hand Pat]

Meet Scarlett. She is a newly (mature) female Regal JS and I love her color combination. She emerged from her last molt a couple days ago.
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[LizStreithorst]

At first I was shocked, Pat. But after looking at the second pic I realized that it was a beautiful lady having a tasty lunch.

[gimaal]

These photos are Nat Geo-worthy. Superb, Pat.

[Second Hand Pat]

At first I was shocked, Pat. But after looking at the second pic I realized that it was a beautiful lady having a tasty lunch.

She was having her second fly larvae Liz. When they come out of a molt they are hungry. I am absolutely in love with her color combination. :D
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

These photos are Nat Geo-worthy. Superb, Pat.

Thank you gimaal :D I use a light box and good macro lens for the jumping spider photo sessions. Helps a lot with the photo quality!
Pat

[brewmaster15]

Meet Scarlett. She is a newly (mature) female Regal JS and I love her color combination. She emerged from her last molt a couple days ago.
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Scarlet is one lovely lady! Beautiful spider Pat and great images!

[Second Hand Pat]

Scarlet is one lovely lady! Beautiful spider Pat and great images!

Thank you Al, when she first came out of her molt I was "in love" if you will. I just love her coloring :D
Pat