Phiddipus audax slings

[Taceas]

These guys just recently started venturing out of their nest web, and I thought it best to remove the entire thing to a container that they can't escape through vent holes before they get too adventurous.

They're so cute!

It's too bad I don't have any real way to feed them, so I plan on releasing them by next weekend into my garden and hope they make it on whatever is munching on my plants. ;)

http://www.sleepyhollowherps.com/misc/Spiders/DaringSlingsA.JPG

And my very dirty thumbnail, was weeding the garden earlier...
http://www.sleepyhollowherps.com/misc/Spiders/DaringSlingsB.JPG

Edit: Dangit, wrong double consonant in the title. Why can't we edit our titles for goodness sakes?! Gar.

[ParabuthusKing]

cool little spiders.. I couldn't help but laugh at the comment "very dirty fingernails" though.. I guess you haven't done the kind of dirt digging that I would constitute as "dirty" fingernails, but you could have showered as well,.. still funny to me, but oh wells :)I always wanted a jumper as a pet, but they seem difficult to care for..

[insect714]

great pic.... I released almost 150 wee lil ones two weeks ago I had two sacs hatch... Gotta love the lil jumpers

Jon

[Taceas]

The adult female I have is pretty hardy it seems like. She'll devour anything she can get her paws on.

I'd like to raise the babies, as I figure it'd be good practice for tarantula slings when I start that hobby.

But as small as they are I have no interest in culturing fruit flies to feed to them. Even though with our bumper crop of tomatoes in the kitchen, I'm working on a good following of the nasty critters as is. :rolleyes:

[Steven.WK]

Jumper babies are much smaller than any tarantulas sling you'll find unless you go with the dwarf species. You can order some pinhead crickets to feed them but it's probably best to let them go. Imagine trying to seperate all those tiny jumpy guys into seperate bottles. Yikes!

[Subterfuge]

Imagine trying to seperate all those tiny jumpy guys into seperate bottles. Yikes!

Yeah, it is kind of fun..

But really, they aren't too hard to raise, just have to culture fruit flies.
P. audax are a little too common to spend so much money on though... If your only now starting fruitfly culturing, (it'll take awhile to really get going).

At the right size, tiny mealworms and pinheads work as well.
Jumpers are very colorful, and awesome to watch grow up.