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Meadowknight β Paprika the jumping spider!
Published: 2014-03-14 05:22:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 1321; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 0
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Some of you who know me well know I like spiders
. I own three tarantulas, and just got this awesome little cutey in the mail today! I decided to name her Paprika after the rusty red spice. This is my baby female "bold jumping spider" (P. regius). I have caught these wild before as well, and even randomly picked them up when I see them outside. Very friendly, and adorable spiders! They really seem to have a high awareness of their surroundings, and will even do a puppy-like head tilt!She was so calm to handle I was able to take this picture with my free hand, after she actually lowered and rested her body on my hand...just chilling out
. She's only a baby now, but if she grows to full size she'll be about an inch or just over an inch long when she's grown. Little animals like this, God really put a lot of love into making....and a creature so many people never even see or pay attention to .I ordered her off here if any of you would like to order one....just please make sure you read the care information first!Β www.phids.net/
Photo copyright 2014 Angela Pileggi (AKA AMP, Meadowknight). Do not use without my permission, thanks!
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Comments: 35
omg what a cutie!
i thought you found her
>w<
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OMG its so adorable!!!!!!!!!! omg i want to have it on my hand at least for one second its one of the most adorable things i have ever seen!!!! *cuteness overlad*
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P. Regius is the regal jumping spider, P. Audax is the bold jumping spider. Very cute either way, I got some myself earlier in the month from the same site
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I never knew anybody (until today) who kept jumping spiders as pets. We have tons of them here, although they're much tinier & nearly all black. I LOVE spiders, but I could never get my head around the jumping kind. It's nice to see someone keeps them well.
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What kind of thing do you keep Paprika in to keep her from getting somewhere she can be squashed? I'd get one if I could find a place to keep it without it being in danger / me being scared that she could turn up in my bedsheets. xD
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Lol..I keep her in a plastic jar, with holes poked in the top. I keep it upside down though, since spiders usually go to the top..that way i can easily open and close it without her being right by the opening. ONE time she did get away, because I had to walk off suddenly when I had the lid off to give her water. I found her a couple days later, she made a little web in some leather cord on something I had hanging on my wall, not far from where she got loose
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It has the look of: I am tiny, FEAR ME!! Boy that little girl is tiny! Wow, didn't know you could order such a tiny spider xD! I'd be so afraid to loose her, she's just that small o.o!
Guess for now I'll just stick to tiny wild caught fuzzy caterpillars xD!
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I once had one chase a laser light like a cat would! These are my favorite spiders and the only ones I'm not too afraid of.
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This is so adorable!Β I've seen and owned many Phidipus regius, but I've never seen one of this color morph, just the black ones and the silver ones.Β From whom did you order her, by the way?
pitbulllady
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I think I get these little guys in my laundry room! They're about the size of a pinhead and can jump about 2 inches, which is several times their body length. Cute little guys
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Aw so sweet O_O in case you don't know, jumping spiders have depth-capable sight, with forefacing eyes, meaning they are very aware of what is going on around them. They definitely see you, and they can even recognise human faces. They really have excellent sight. Congratulations she's beautiful!
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She's adorable!
I've never had a pet spider, but I've seen lots of jumping spiders around the house and love them.Β I've even hand-fed them upon occasion, with stunned flies.Β The spiders move so fast, one feels like one should count fingers to make sure none disappeared with the fly! 
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so cute, I know you could buy them, where I live I see wild one all the time and have had them sneak into my house, I always catch them and recess them somewhere safe.Β
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That's great you do that! It makes me sooooo angry when people kill spiders (unless it's a widow or a recluse and they have to). Β I can't even imagine someone killing a jumping spider...they are beyond cute and helpful. I have seen them around here too, but bought this one knowing I was getting a young female. i don't know how long the ones out here live, or which are the females...but I'm going to try to catch some this spring
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cool, I hate it to when people kill spiders, spiders do me a favor by keeping flys away, I have a fear of flys that I'm slowly getting over.
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SheΒ is so cute! I have never seen a live jumping spider but this makes me want to see one in real life! Β Β
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Yeah she's amazing! They are only $8 plus $5 shipping on the site linked in my description if you want to get one
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Holy cow she is so cute in a kinda creepy way but ya I don't think my parents would be happy with a pet spider for the moment. XD I would be so worried about losing her or stepping on her I would just beΒ worried all the time! lol
I assume if she is a jumping spider she dose jump some times right?
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Well if it helps any they are 100% safe pets...and even if she did escape she'd just eat up any pesky moths or flies in the house
Basically the way they move...they walk, and do little short forward jumps...it's really hard to lose one. Very similar to holding a frog, only smaller and they have a web so they won't go SPLAT on the floor, lol. But yeah you could tell your folks about them, they really are not dangerous at ALL, and don't get away easy. Everything I'm saying here you can Google and you'll get the same info
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I have been talking with them about the little cuties and I am slowly working them down. XD and after hearing all this cool stuff about them and I looked on the website you linkedΒ I really just might get a jumping spider he he he... (this is once I can convince my parents o how cute they are. 
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I know I keep melting over her, lol..and she's sooo tiny! I took a couple videos but no idea where to post them...maybe it's time to do a youtube account finally 
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If you do please let me know. I'm curious to see.
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Oh yeah, totally! These are friendly little spiders
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I'm kind of ashamed to say it, I'm not a big fan of bugs....
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Eh, don't be ashamed...they are very different than mammals and sometimes that makes people uncomfortable...I have liked bugs and arachnids since I was little (I was always picking up caterpillars and such). My only request to people who are freaked, is just not to kill them! They have a right to live, exist for a reason, and most are helpful not harmful. What makes me angry is when people kill them....so even if you do kill them, I'm just asking you not to from now on
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I know right?! XD!!! her little movements are cute too...all cautious, and her little feelers moving, lol.Β
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