When we first saw these two we thought it was 2 males fighting but the closer we looked it is actually a male and female mating. We thought you guys might enjoy seeing something I doubt is caught on camera very often.
my new camera lens to get some shots of the slings. Itsy's eggs have hatched as well. I'm not %100 sure, but Bitsy's 2nd nest might've hatched - looks a little bit darker in there.. Good thing I bought 24 more vials today. I'm gonna be knee-high in new spiders. XD ... jumping Johnson spider female Bitsy Phidippus johnsoni salticidae species specimen passiflora vine leaves cute legs eight-legged freaks crawl creeping predators bugs and insects nature animals pets arachnids arthropods velvet ...
1st Instars now and moving around. I'm still waiting for my new camera lens to get some shots of the slings. Itsy's eggs have hatched as well. I'm not %100 sure, but Bitsy's 2nd nest might've hatched - looks a little bit darker in there.. Good thing I bought 24 more vials today. I'm gonna be knee-high in new spiders. XD ... animals pets arthropods arachnids Johnson jumping spider female salticidae Phidippus johnsoni velvet ant mimic bugs and insects specimen crawling contemplation thinking ...
brood are 1st Instars now and moving around. I'm still waiting for my new camera lens to get some shots of the slings. Itsy's eggs have hatched as well. I'm not %100 sure, but Bitsy's 2nd nest might've hatched - looks a little bit darker in there.. Good thing I bought 24 more vials today. I'm gonna be knee-high in new spiders. XD ... Johnson jumping spider female threat display defense animals pets nature bugs and insects arachnids arthropods salticidae Phidippus johnsoni velvet ant mimic ...
When we first saw these two we thought it was 2 males fighting but the closer we looked it is actually a male and female mating. We thought you guys might enjoy seeing something I doubt is caught on camera very often. ... "Prehistoric Pets" "Jay Brewer" Tarantula Spider Mating Love War Male Female
When we first saw these two we thought it was 2 males fighting but the closer we looked it is actually a male and female mating. We thought you guys might enjoy seeing something I doubt is caught on camera very often. ... "Prehistoric Pets" "Jay Brewer" Tarantula Spider Mating Love War Male Female
I started mimicing Bitsy's threat display with the motion of my finger and she actually responded back and only fled when she knew I called her bluff. Very entertaining spiders. ... Johnson jumping spider female threat display defense animals pets nature bugs and insects arachnids arthropods
Bitsy decides to go for a stroll outside her jar. I turned the camera away for a minute to see if I could show you the slings moving, but the quality was too crappy. Bitsy later kept tring to find a launching position to jump on my lens and gave up when her feet kept slipping. XD
make it through to the end of summer and I don't find a male by then, I'm thinking I might buy an inexpensive live specimen from Spider Pharm in Arizona. I'll keep posting a couple of their habits on YouTube and maybe, just maybe, some people won't fear the spider as much. :-) ... jumping Johnson spider female Bitsy Phidippus johnsoni species specimen passiflora vine leaves cute legs eight-legged freaks crawl creeping predators bugs and insects nature animals pets arachnids arthropods velvet ...