Jumping Spider (Name Suggestions?)

Before people get all negative again, this is NOT a black widow and it's not dangerous! She's a harmless jumping spider(my brother said it was on steroids when he saw. She's 3 times bigger than the zebra jumpers we usually get).

This is one of two female jumping spiders of this kind I found under broken cement around the backyard. I was trying to get her to jump on my finger like she did earlier but she wasn't cooperating on camera. Tried slipping into my jacket pocket after this was taken. LOL! The spider I haven't shown here yet has an egg sac with her, although this one does look kind of chubby so she might have eggs on the way. Keeping them in seperate jars covered in tights material (so the little hatchlings won't escape but they still have air) and have moist sponge for water and don't drown.

This chubby one had already eaten a smaller jumping spider. One thing I like about them already is they love eating the termites we've been having around here.

6-7-09 Update : Bitsy's first brood are 1st Instars now and moving around. I'm still waiting for my new camera lens to get some shots of the slings. Itsy's eggs have hatched as well. I'm not %100 sure, but Bitsy's 2nd nest might've hatched - looks a little bit darker in there..

Good thing I bought 24 more vials today. I'm gonna be knee-high in new spiders. X-D

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• spider
• bug
• animals
• pets
• invertebrates
• Johnson
• jumping
• spiders
• nature
• eight-legged
• crawling
• velvet
• ant
• mimic
• Phidippus
• johnsoni
• salitcidae

[chourtnii]

wow. you guys are so brave to have spiders as pets. my house was infested with these spiders and because i have aracnifhobia and ignorance to these creatures I BOMBED MY HOUSE AND KILLED THEM. i didnt know that they werent poisonous. i really am sorry now...oh and name her charlotte. haha

[KawaiiKemonomimi]

@chourtnii LOL, it's ok. Unless you're a tiny fly, a jumping spider won't hurt you. :-)

[ink4492]

wow that is huge i love these massive phidippus spiders never had one lay eggs before but here in the seattle area we dont get em that often awsome tv in the background to hahaha

[KawaiiKemonomimi]

@ink4492 LOL! I was watching 2 and a Half Men when I wanted to get a video of her. I have a new wolf spider now as well. I should get footage of her. Biggest I've seen in my area. Glad my brother shows me spiders he finds before squashing or releasing them. :-D

[TheFreakypoo]

do all jumping spiders need moisture?

[KawaiiKemonomimi]

I prefer to give mine access to water, yes. On days they've eaten and it's not too hot they can go without.

[chourtnii]

wow. you guys are so brave to have spiders as pets. my house was infested with these spiders and because i have aracnifhobia and ignorance to these creatures I BOMBED MY HOUSE AND KILLED THEM. i didnt know that they werent poisonous. i really am sorry now

[SharkRetriver]

Hmm, I named my zebra spider Zebra, I thought that was good enough

[twinklebell1989]

:-)how about nameing her cutiepie or sweetheart :-) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwww­wwwwwwwwwwwww ssheee is so adorable I wish I was there so I could pet her she looks cute.

[twinklebell1989]

:-)how about nameing her cutiepie or sweetheart :-)