A jumping spider is one of the most affordable exotic pets you can own, but the spider's sticker price is only a fraction of...
Can You Safely Handle a Jumping Spider?
Yes, but on the spider’s terms, not yours. Jumping spiders are among the most handleable arachnids in the...
Most pet jumping spiders live one to three years in captivity, with female Phidippus regius reaching the upper end of that range and males...
Substrate in a jumping spider enclosure does three jobs: it buffers humidity, gives the spider a safe surface if it falls off the wall,...
Jumping spiders (family Salticidae) are the largest family of spiders on Earth, with more than 6,700 described species across roughly 700 genera, on every...
Breeding jumping spiders is one of the more accessible projects in the invertebrate hobby, but it carries real welfare weight: a single successful Phidippus...
Jumping spiders are among the most visually dependent hunters in the entire arachnid world. Their oversized anterior median eyes deliver color vision, depth perception,...
Jumping spider enrichment is the deliberate design of an enclosure and a care routine that gives this highly visual, cognitively complex predator opportunities to...
Why your jumping spider has stopped eating
A jumping spider that refuses food is almost never an emergency. In the keepers we hear from most,...
Platycryptus undatus, the tan jumping spider, is one of the most commonly encountered jumping spiders across eastern North America and a quietly excellent pet...