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The pregnant mothers were caught locally in Albuquerque. The slings were born in captivity and start losing their instinctive fear of people pretty quickly, such that the oldest Phidippus Comatus slings have no fear of humans and like to use my hand as a jungle gym.
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Hey my names aj and i recently purchased a jumping spider i think they are really cool spiders and its the first spider ive ever owned so hopefully i can get some advice on keeping a jumping spider
Getting bigger! The blonde hairs over the iridescent scales makes them look like lil gold nuggets.
One more molt and these guys will be able to eat mini mealworms
This male had escaped and was found outside with a wound on his head- i think he tried to court an audax or johnsoni and got nipped on the head.
She's absolutely bursting with eggs!
Mature female
The name 'ardens' is a reference to these spiders resembling a burning cinder with ash or soot. They are similar to johnsoni but unrelated and are closer to apacheanus, females often have striking high-contrast patterning.