Jumping Spiders
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*please note my care may vary from others
* Light: Jumpers are diurnal (awake during the day) and need light to hunt and digest food. Provide adequate light: indirect sunlight, a bright room, or a regular lamp.
* Water: Mist the side or top of the enclosure 2x/week, fine mist is best for babies as there is no risk of the water drops being too big.
* Food: feed 2x/week. I feed on Tuesdays and Fridays. Must be live prey. They can take down prey larger than themselves. *instar=size of jumper or how many molts.
* 1st-3rd instar eat Melanogaster flightless fruit flies (smaller variety)
* 3rd-5th instar eat Hydei flightless fruit flies (larger variety)
* 5th -adult eat crickets/meal worms/blue bottle flies
* Temperature: room temperature is perfect (20c). They are actually quite cold tolerant. Make sure your lights do not heat the enclosure.
* Housing: I keep them in a 2oz sauce cup with pinholes punctured into it until 4th-5th instar. Then I move them to a 32oz deli cup with a filter (fruitfly) lid. Once adults they can go into a 8x8x8 or 8x8x12 or 12x12x12 Exoterra or something similar. They will use the space you provide.
* Enrichment: light, and housing materials can add to your spider’s enrichment. I use wood, toilet paper rolls, moss, fake foliage, pipe cleaners, cork, or anything without moving parts and small spaces they could get stuck in to decorate enclosures.
* Handling: They do tolerate handling. They can still be fast and can still bite if they feel threatened.
* Light: Jumpers are diurnal (awake during the day) and need light to hunt and digest food. Provide adequate light: indirect sunlight, a bright room, or a regular lamp.
* Water: Mist the side or top of the enclosure 2x/week, fine mist is best for babies as there is no risk of the water drops being too big.
* Food: feed 2x/week. I feed on Tuesdays and Fridays. Must be live prey. They can take down prey larger than themselves. *instar=size of jumper or how many molts.
* 1st-3rd instar eat Melanogaster flightless fruit flies (smaller variety)
* 3rd-5th instar eat Hydei flightless fruit flies (larger variety)
* 5th -adult eat crickets/meal worms/blue bottle flies
* Temperature: room temperature is perfect (20c). They are actually quite cold tolerant. Make sure your lights do not heat the enclosure.
* Housing: I keep them in a 2oz sauce cup with pinholes punctured into it until 4th-5th instar. Then I move them to a 32oz deli cup with a filter (fruitfly) lid. Once adults they can go into a 8x8x8 or 8x8x12 or 12x12x12 Exoterra or something similar. They will use the space you provide.
* Enrichment: light, and housing materials can add to your spider’s enrichment. I use wood, toilet paper rolls, moss, fake foliage, pipe cleaners, cork, or anything without moving parts and small spaces they could get stuck in to decorate enclosures.
* Handling: They do tolerate handling. They can still be fast and can still bite if they feel threatened.