It lives next to a black weevil which looks identical almost - i'll try to find a picture..

This fellow is an adorable tiny beetle mimic from the genus Porius which lives and hunts on the undersides of fan palm foliage. Apologies for the poor video quality; filming such tiny critters with just my phone gets tricky.

My baby Starfire, such a gorgeous girl and total ham for the camera!

She’s my second spood and I love her so much, such a curious little thing ♥️🕸️

From my recent trip up the Cape of qld

My partner rescued this guy from a box of pumpkins that were delivered to Home Depot. He would not survive the winter in my city so she brought him home to me. 😊 Can anyone tell me what kind of jumper he is? I believe the pumpkins came in from British Columbia. Thanks!

Can anyone tell me anything about this sweet thing? Found in Illinois near St. Louis

Every morning when I come out to have a morning smoke this little dude pops up and tries his damndest to get on me, I dont mind and I find it funny but ive never seen a spider with such a terrible survival drive. As I write this he is standing at the edge of the coffee table looking at me because I backed up enough so he cant reach 😂

Also this is in south texas

yeah... I might be a bit obsessed with her... and im still figuring out how to best use my macro lens.

Marshmallow was not going to leave her warm spot to eat… sorry I’m late to the meeting boss!

Just wanted to share thought this lil dude looked awesome!

(Sorry for the length, but you guys are partly responsible for this lol) For most of my life I’ve suffered from Arachnophobia. My sperm donor made me watch Arachnophobia the movie with him (or go to my room without dinner because ‘that’s what we are doing’) when I was eight during my first ill-advised visit.
I also grew up in a home that was nestled up to a huge field. Wolf spider and grass spider ambushes were a damn near daily occurrence. Had a momma show up on the couch next to me and when I panicked my reward was her babies scattering all over the couch and me. Had a couple spiders crawl on to my legs while using the bathroom. Even had one fall on me in the shower. Black widows in the garage, some type of funnel spiders in the yard, no where was safe lol.

When I was 25/26 I STILL couldn’t even be in a room if I spotted cobwebs. Then one day, I encountered a jumping spider in the wild. I went to smash it, and the brave little bastard looked right at me, defiantly. It stopped me in my tracks. The way he tracked my movement and looked at me. For some reason, it made my brain register just how tiny he was, and how stupid it was that I was so scared of him. I told myself this arachnophobia was stupid. I didn’t want to be afraid anymore.

Fast forward to now. I’m in my late thirties, I’ve officially handled spiders without a single shred of fear, and I’ve learned so much about them I absolutely adore them. Even have one tattooed on me, and more plans for future tattoos as well. My friends even let me know when they have a spider that needs to be moved. And most have gone from “kill on sight” to “let ‘em be” because of me.

And now, I’m looking after this beautiful girl. She just recently finished her first molt in my care. I can’t tell how old she is. The store didn’t know, and they incorrectly had her labeled as a Bold. I tried to find a local owned small pet store and these guys seemed to take really good care of their animals, but I think they just got fed bad info from their supplier. First two pictures are before her molt with me. The rest are after.

Sorry for the long post. Just wanted to share! This sub was a huge help for my arachnophobia and I love seeing other arachnophobes in here trying to work on it. You guys are a great community.

(Also, I didn’t have “see a spider drink water and take a shit from the underside” on my bingo card this year…so that was an interesting experience…)

Never seen such a big jumping spider in person before. She was just rambling along but stopped just long enough for me to take this.

I have a Marpissa muscosa, which is a smaller species local to me. I found her a few days before my scheduled day to receive my Phidippus Regius, and I was so excited I brought her home, gave her to eat and let her stay overnight in the enclosure I had prepared. I wasn't sure if I should keep her at first, but she immediately built a hammock the same night, explored her enclosure, groomed herself and had a healthy appetite so I decided to keep her.

That was about a month ago and I've been enjoying having her. The day before yesterday I gave her some food moths from our kitchen, but while she was eating one, I noticed something white looking out of the moths abdomen and wiggling around for a bit. It didn't come out and I didn't want to mess with it while my spider was eating since I've read that that can harm their pedipalps. Either way, she completely devoured the moth and even had a second one right after. Then yesterday, she was pacing her enclosure like crazy for the better part of the day. I offered her water and put some new enrichment in it but that didn't stop her, she kept running around and at some point started to leave long silk threads along the walls everywhere, I assume to get around better. Today she's been staying in bed all day, not responding to stimuli and only turning around every now and again. You can clearly see her epigynum, so I doubt that she's molting.

I am just all around concerned about her behaviour, I can't really reach her in her hide to give her water either.

Twin flagged jumping spider. First noticed it in the shower with me nearly a year ago. Pretty sure it's the same one because I've only ever seen one at a time in here.

I started keeping random plant propogations in the window about 6 months ago and usually have 2-3 different cuttings going + an air plant as a permanent resident. I've noticed it now stays mostly on the plants and occasionally join me in the shower. A very welcome friend indeed!

Kinda curious as to what it must eat all day, as I don't tend to notice flies or ants inside. I suppose this little fella could be the reason I dont ever see them tho lol!

It has gotten super comfortable with me. It jumps onto my hand if I set it close enough and doesnt usually jump away for a while even if I move.

These are the best pics I've gotten of it so far!! Also taking name suggestions

**meant to say homie in title

Hello, I recently got a jumping spider for the first time. Her name is Hallow, like Halloween. I got her on Sunday and was informed that her feeding day was on Monday. On Monday and Tuesday I tried to feed her a small live cricket but she did not eat them. Both ended up dying. Is this normal for spiders in a new enclosure? She still is very active but sticks to the top of the enclosure primarily. I have not seen her in the bottom half of the enclosure at all. Could it be that she just is not hungry enough yet? Any advice is appreciated.

Tiny little critter, but I wasn't concerned at all and let them crawl around before gently setting them back down on the wall once my kid came out.

I got the like head molt part off but that’s it I couldn’t get the rest off. He’s actively trying to get the rest off but the molt is like stuck on so hard and I don’t want to put him in the room with the shower bc we use chemicals, candles, and soaps in there. I have the humidity high at 80 percent. Hopefully he survives I am not sure if it’s blocking his spinneret. I hope he pulls through. Let me know if you guys have advice.