#phiddipus audax

[collemblogging]

saved her from the dumpster

[mostlymantis]

i found this little jumper wild in my house awhile ago and have been trying desperately to keep it alive ever since because it was too cold to let it go. the great news is that it is now thriving in captivity and has even molted for me! i am taking name suggestions btw.

[nataliesartprofile]

Doodles of my drow wizard, Eliza's, pet 'giant' spider, Limerick who is based on a P. Audax-aka the daring/bold jumping spider aka My Most Favorite Spider in the Whole World

[morbidsmenagerie]

Still trying to figure out jumping spider shots

[dragonsisterofthemanyfandoms]

Father found this gorgeous little girl while grilling! I let her crawl around on my hand for a bit before setting her on a nearby window <3

[pawdipalps]

her lashes are so cute

[jenisis]

First time seeing a bold jumper in the wild!!! Best day this year! J

[wtf-tfw]

these two need to get over their tension and just kiss already!!!!!!

[thisdaddydoescare]

Finished my second jumping spider enclosure, and listed it on my Etsy today! I’m super happy at how it turned out and I’m so excited to start the next one!!

[sysig]

So, the latest updates about this incredibly silly spider:

He's made two napping hammocks, despite there being a pre-built nest. Honestly I'm still not convinced that he understands that he can go inside it, but he has been on top of it! Very clever!

Problem being -

He's managed to make his first hammock crammed into the corner above the pre-built. Pepper, why

Here's an especially chonky view of him on top of the pre-built <3 His patterning! 💕💖💞 He's the prettiest

Gorgeous lad ♥

As for his second hammock - and I wish I was making this up because As If his first location choice wasn't silly enough

He's made himself a tightrope, no net. All those tracks I thought he was making with his belly? He was measuring the distance of the front of the enclosure and concluded, yes - a horizontal hammock across the top-front was the Perfect Place to sleep. This is his preferred place to go to bed at night! Pepper! Why!!

Anyhow, then he went into his molt-hammock for a week and scared-and-disgruntled me (out of concern), so here's his buff-skinny new look!

I also don't know why he's contorting himself like that lol, he's fine and uninjured, he just chose to pose weird pft, silly boy <3 Look at his sternum! Blurry that it is, he's Wide now. You can also see how round his pedipalps are at the ends! Pepper boy confirmed!

More eating shots under the cut!

I gave him a somewhat more sizeable worm this time since he was sure to be Hongry - I mean, just look at his abdomen! He was Very interested in this mealworm which was a big relief to me since he almost completely ignored the last one - even while this one was trying to get away, he was just patiently waiting for a chance to dip his fangs back in, no rush or fluster (apart from being spooked upon entry to the enclosure lol)

Big boy <3 I'm so glad he's doing well ahh <3

Pepper scared the shit out of me by hiding in his molt-hammock for A Literal Week and I thought for sure he’d moltstalled but no he was just in there getting swole

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

can you do the phiddipus johnsoni, the phiddipus audax, the tarantula hawk wasp, and/or the pacific red velvet ant (/red velvet ants in general)? wasn't sure what stuff you've done yet these are just some of my current fave bugs other than bees

love your blog!!!

I can do all of those! I'll get the others cued up, but here's a phidippus johnsoni poll. I absolutely adore parasitoid wasps! Bee requests are absolutely welcome, I love seeing different types of bees get some love! And thank you, it means a lot!

[squiddity3]

Shout out to this Phiddipus regius audax who showed up recently and appreciates my meal worm gifts.

[harpsicalbiobug]

New type of spider scare unlocked: the Phiddipus audax who lives in the kitchen peaked out of the spout of the electric kettle just as I was going to set it to boil. Baby get OUT of there.

[gammaraydeath]

get to know me?!??!

hiii i got tagged by @korblez n i am so so bad at interaction so i have like two people to tag @milkywayes and @homukyo hehehehe >:3c

Fave ships: ummmmm i guess shakarian still LMFAOO.... i'm not super into shipping i usually just pick one thing from whatever i'm into and stick with it!!

Favorite color: this is so hard... i'll go with pink!!

Song stuck in my head: uh oh i'm currently listening to music so i don't have anything stuck in my head atm. rn i'm listening to flag day/the mother stone by caleb landry jones!

Favorite food: HRMMM.. picking favorites is so hard for me lol i just like everything. if it's a snack i could eat sea salt vinegar chips all day. if it's a meal i really like japanese food!

Last song listened to: oops answered that above... take another one that i just think is cool

Last tv show/movie: i rewatched over the garden wall with my dad!

Spicy/sweet/savory?: i like all of them!!!!! but i am first and foremost a sweet tooth and if i don't consume sugar every day i will pass away

Currently reading: children of ruin by adrian tchaikovsky!!!!!!!!! rereading the series bc i got children of memory two christmases ago and i'm FINALLY getting around to reading that for the first time. but first i had to reread the first two books to refresh my memory. my favorite sci fi series for real everyone should read it!!!!!! i've recommended it to so many people. i won't spoil too much but the premise is an uplift experiment goes wrong, and the subjects (monkeys) perish while the vector for uplift (a "virus") makes it to the terraformed planet's surface; it is already seeded with life, set up for the monkeys' success. the virus finds itself compatible with something very.... non-monkeyish.... >:)!!!!!! (edited to add the FIRST book is called children of time lol start there)

Last thing I googled: phidippus audax i'm trying to sort out and find the appropriate references for its synonyms!!! salticus variegatus and attus audax and phiddipus variegatus grrrr soooo many names for one little guy!! and some of my sources are in german which doesn't help me, englishpilled monolingualcel. this is my first project in systematics ok be nice 🥺

[morbidsmenagerie]

Cricket doesn't even know.

[hopefulqueer]

Rehoused Cinderella into a larger space with a front-opening door for easier feedings and she seems to be enjoying her new furniture (and a snack!) :D

(Image description: Four photographs of a black and white Phiddipus audax jumping spider and her new enclosure, which has a few leaves, rocks, and bits of moss as well as a miniature chair and a tiny tire swing. She is climbing on the chair in one of the pictures, and eating a cricket on the tire and on the tree it's tied to in two pictures. The first is of the whole enclosure.)