Jumping Spider Male or Female: How to Tell
Learn to sex a jumping spider using the epigyne and pedipalp methods. Includes a life-stage reliability table, species notes, and the segment-counting myth.
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Jumping Spider Molting: Signs, Timeline & What to Do
Your jumping spider is upside down and still. Here's what's actually happening: full molt timeline, the 5 phases of ecdysis, and when to act vs. wait.
Jumping Spider Not Eating? Here's How to Diagnose It
Your jumping spider stopped eating. Work through this 7-step decision tree to find the cause in minutes: premolt, temperature, prey size, stress, or illness.
Jumping Spider Personality: What the Science Says
Jumping spider personality is real and documented. Discover the curiosity, head tilts, and individual quirks that make salticids surprisingly interactive pets.
Jumping Spider Sling Care: Raising Spiderlings
Complete guide to jumping spider sling care from L1 through juvenile: enclosure size by instar, feeding schedule, humidity, cannibalism prevention, and molting.
Jumping Spider Substrate: Best Options + What to Skip
The best jumping spider substrate is a 50/50 coco coir and sphagnum moss blend. Learn why it works, how to prep it, and which substrates to avoid entirely.
Jumping Spider Terrarium Plants: Safe List and What to Avoid
The safest plants for jumping spider enclosures, a full safe/avoid table, sourcing rules to prevent pesticide poisoning, and care notes for each top species.
What Do Praying Mantises Eat? Prey & Feeding Guide
Exactly what to feed a pet praying mantis at every instar: prey types, the size rule, how often to feed, gut-loading, foods to avoid, and pre-molt fasting.
Praying Mantis Molting: Signs, Stages & When to Act
Your mantis is upside down and still. It's almost certainly molting. Full molt stage table, what dysecdysis looks like, and when 2 hours is too long.
Orchid Mantis Care Guide: Hymenopus coronatus Tips
Complete orchid mantis care: temperature, humidity, feeding by instar, sexual dimorphism timelines, and the honest truth about intermediate difficulty.
Phidippus Audax Care: Complete Bold Jumping Spider Guide
Complete Phidippus audax care guide: enclosure, feeding, molting, handling, and the honest comparison of wild-caught vs. captive-bred bold jumping spiders.
Phidippus Regius Care Guide: Regal Jumping Spider
Complete Phidippus regius care guide covering enclosure size, temperature, humidity, feeding schedule, molting, handling, sexing, and color morphs.