Newbie salticid keeper

[Morpheus uk]

Ive always wanted to keep these amazing lil spiders but we dont have them readily aviavle over here and out natives arent that impressive

BUT, i found a gravid female mediterrianian (spelling?) jumping spider, Icius hamatus

Ive had her for a while now and she had her batch the other week.

Funnily enough after i found her someone recently imported a bunch of salticids finally and by tomorrow i should be the proud ownder of Phiddipus audax and platycryptus undatus, the first of which i never thought i would get

Anyway untill they come heres photo`s of my Icius hamatus

 

[Morpheus uk]

The photos arent all in order but some of them i took this morning

 

[hibiscusmile]

aw! its cute!

 

[Katnapper]

The eyes are just too creepy to me for some reason.

 

[PhilinYuma]

Great pix!

 

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[SIZE=14pt]jumpers are good mommys and she will lay more eggs later this year that is thats what has happened with me[/SIZE]

 

[superfreak]

its very fat in the last few pics!

 

[ismart]

Very nice pics! Jumping spiders are one of my favorite species of spider. I have a huge female living in my fence post. Every few days i give her a fly. Enjoy your new pets!

 

[AmandaLynn]

Good find! I like it a lot! I'm not a huge fan of most spiders, but jumping spiders are the exception. They look like little fuzzy robots, to me. Nice pictures too, btw.

 

[Morpheus uk]

Thanks everyone

Didnt think she would have this much interest lol

Her chubby pics was before she had her babies, but i havent seen her eat any of the flies i give her since she emerged

I really cant wait for the audax though, they`ve been a dream spider of mine thats always been out of reach, but they still havent arrived yet

 

[Morpheus uk]

My new salticids arrived today :lol:

Sadly only 3 out of the 5 P.audax survived but the rest aswell as the female undatus are amazing h34r:

You bloody amaricans are lucky

I`ll try and get picks as soon as i can

 

[ABbuggin]

Lol. I can easily find both speceis that you just received.

Glad to hear that you have some.

 

[Morpheus uk]

Dont rub it in

I would pay a lot for these guys anyway, the P.audax im talking about, stunning looking spider

Ive had the worst luck with these so far, 2 died in the post, 1 sluggish one died a couple of hours later, and now one of them with a missing front limb isnt feeding

I just hope i can try and breed them

ON a lighter note i managed to get some photo`s of them yesterday

Platycryptus undatus

Phiddipus audax

 

[ABbuggin]

Great pics. I like #3 the most.

 

[Morpheus uk]

Thanks

Heres some more pics from the other day.