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I have for sale here, some wonderful Jumping Spider slings CB012 - Phidippus otiosus
The Canopy Jumping Spider.



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These Phidippus otiosus were bred from a 20-22mm male and a 30-35mm female.

These are some of the largest Jumpers available, have huge heads on them and will happily pounce
on medium to adult crickets as adults.

They have all shed to 1st instar and are about 3-5mm in legspan, so now i'm selling them.

Already have a load of PM's but anyone interested please leave a message so I can keep track.

£15 for a pair + £6 delivery, postage is next day.
 
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mattykyuss said:
hi mate ,are these a sexed pair ? or just two slings ,thanks ,mat
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Hi Matty,

Unsexed slings, I will do a discount of £3 if you take 4 sings (£33 total)

These grow fast if fed well, you can raise them to adults in 4 months (for males and females), I bred my male and female when they both shed (he was mature), she ended up shedding again and growing larger, he died and she laid the sac a couple of days later.

The price is the same as what I paid for them, the pair I bought (two slings) were only 3mm when I got them, so they must have been freshly hatched, I ended up with a male and female.

Hope that helps,
Be good to send off more today.

Reptileguy1988 said:
Hi Matty,

Unsexed slings, I will do a discount of £3 if you take 4 sings (£33 total)

These grow fast if fed well, you can raise them to adults in 4 months (for males and females), I bred my male and female when they both shed (he was mature), she ended up shedding again and growing larger, he died and she laid the sac a couple of days later.

The price is the same as what I paid for them, the pair I bought (two slings) were only 3mm when I got them, so they must have been freshly hatched, I ended up with a male and female.

Hope that helps,
Be good to send off more today.
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As these are from the same clutch and approx the same size, they can be kept together... as can many jumping spider species.

There is always a risk however, if one doesn't get fed enough then the bigger one may snack on the smaller cage mate.
That is up to your discretion though.
 
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mattykyuss said:
thanks buddy ,do you fine with these jumpers ,nine times out of ten ,the male eats the female ,my female regius just got munched ,but still have a few gigantius slings,mat
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She outgrew him, I bred them when he matured and introduced them when they were the same size (she was heavier bodied, he had longer first legs) they were both 25mm ish, then a month later he died and she shed to 30+ mm, biggest jumper I have ever seen... she laid the sac a month after that.

I haven't got the experience to say whether or not the males eat the females in this sp... and it's certainly something I have never heard before.

Bit of role reversal right there though lol!
 
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exopet said:
I kept my adult pairs together for in excess of 8 months with no problems, otiosus are an excellent species, really frindly and calm, not as big as regius or the larger hyllus species, but well worth it, not seen these for a while, glad everyone got them bred and is doing well with them, one of the best species i brought into this country

PM me :)
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Thanks for the comment, my female is pretty hefty though... 18-20mm body and a legspan of just over 3cm, she must just be large specimen.

How big does Diardi and Hyllus get?

Was it you who brought these into the country :D!
First time breeding these for me, real easy job.
 
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she's immense for otiosus, 13mm body length is the norm for an AF

i brought them in a couple years back yeah

Hyllus diardii and Hyllus giganteum both get to around 18mm - 22mm body length, the females 32 - 35 mm legspan, the males around 42m - 47mm legspan although captive bred ones seem to be a little smaller

the other big ones are phidippus audax 20mm body 30mm legspan and phidippus regius 22mm body length 33mm legspan and possibly the most active of all of them Pancorius magnus 14mm body length and 30mm legspan

salticids are always really easy to breed, the difficult part is getting the spiderlings past the first couple of stages, especially with audax
 
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exopet said:
she's immense for otiosus, 13mm body length is the norm for an AF

i brought them in a couple years back yeah

Hyllus diardii and Hyllus giganteum both get to around 18mm - 22mm body length, the females 32 - 35 mm legspan, the males around 42m - 47mm legspan although captive bred ones seem to be a little smaller

the other big ones are phidippus audax 20mm body 30mm legspan and phidippus regius 22mm body length 33mm legspan and possibly the most active of all of them Pancorius magnus 14mm body length and 30mm legspan

salticids are always really easy to breed, the difficult part is getting the spiderlings past the first couple of stages, especially with audax
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Well that's awesome you brought them in, you certainly get about! I have even seen you on Arachnoboards lol.

No wonder she dwarfed the male (he was like 12-13mm body, 20-22 mm legspan (possibly 25, front legs were longer than the females)... I bred them before she shed again (they were the same legspan when bred) then she grew again and dropped the sac a month later.

Thanks for the info Exopet!

Edit: why is your site closed, you had some great stock? (I stumbled on it looking for monitors)
 
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