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Regal jumping spider

Phidippus regiusแมงมุมกระโดด

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Photograph: Daniel Estabrooks · CC0

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. Regal jumping spider is diurnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

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Temperature22–28 °C
Humidity50–65 %
Enclosure10×10×18
Diet2–4 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
22–28°Ambient

One ambient band, 22–28°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states22-28°C

Humidity

50–65%Target RH

The sheet states50-65% (light misting; good airflow)

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m1–2.2 cm
1520100400 cm
1–2.2 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Araneae
IUCN / CITES
IUCN not assessed; CITES not yet in our data
Difficulty
Beginner
Commonality
Very common (booming pet jumping-spider trade)
Adult size
1-2.2 cm body (females larger)
Lifespan
1-1.5 years (females); males shorter
Growth rate
Fast
Activity & niche
Diurnal visual hunter; builds silk sleeping hammocks up high
Temperament
Bold, curious, calm; often turns to 'watch' the keeper
Venom / defense
Harmless: tiny fangs, negligible venom; may bite only if squeezed

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

10 cm18 cm
warm hidewatersubstrate
50100150200 cm
10 × 10 × 18 cmWidth × depth × height
1dm² of floor
Warm side: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet states10x10x18 cm vertical minimum for one adult

Temperature
22-28°C
Humidity
50-65% (light misting; good airflow)
Min. enclosure
10x10x18 cm vertical minimum for one adult
Substrate
2-4 cm coco/soil (mainly climbs); focus on vertical decor
Hides / decor / water
Tall cork, twigs, artificial/live plants; mist droplets for water

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 2–4 dAs an adult
14Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. The sheet gives several ages on one line; this is the adult figure.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesFlightless fruit flies (slings), small crickets, blue-bottle flies (adults) · Slings every 1-2 days; adults every 2-4 days

Staple food
Flightless fruit flies (slings), small crickets, blue-bottle flies (adults)
Feeding frequency
Slings every 1-2 days; adults every 2-4 days
Supplements
Not required; vary feeders

Behaviour and handling

HandlingHarmless and often tame; can walk onto a hand: go gently, they can leap
CommunalNo: solitary and cannibalistic
Defense / stress signsRuns/leaps away, hides in hammock, raises front legs

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
1–1.5 yrLifespan in care
1 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
Oviparous: female guards a silk egg nest of dozens of spiderlings (not live-bearing)

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsBad molt (esp. if too dry), dehydration, fall injuries; delicate during molt
Red flags / quarantine
SignsReject dull, shrivelled, non-feeding spiders; avoid buying gravid wild females of unknown origin

Good to know

  • Has near-primate-level colour vision and can recognise and track its keeper

What it needs

Enclosure at least 10 × 10 × 18 cmbecause enclosure10x10x18 cm vertical minimum for one adult
A thermometerbecause temp22-28°C
A hygrometerbecause humidity50-65% (light misting; good airflow)

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

Others in this group

What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

Every field this product runs on is stated here. That is not a claim that the values are right: it says what the sheet states, not whether it is true. Whether a human has read it is the badge at the top of this page.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.