Regal Jumping Spider (Phidippus regius): Pros, Cons, and Care Guide

I just got my Regal jumping spider today from a Invention, I absolutely love jumping spiders. 10/10 recommended

I LOVE THEM

My 7 year old has 2 regal jumpers, they're definitely excellent pets for kids! She can handle them with supervision, she can take care of them, she can put their enclosures together, 10/10 beginner pets for kids. She keeps asking me to breed them but I am not ready for hundreds of mouths to feed! Something I have noticed is that her female is way more active and curious than our 2 males. I don't know if it's because our males were both around maturity when we got them and the female is younger than that, though.

I just have to tell you that you do the perfect video on Regals I have ever seen. I have owned 2; one died very shortly after purchased. The other lived for a little over 2 years, long enough to torment me. Yes, she let me know she was dying but I thought I was prepared. Nope, I was heart broken for months! Watching your video all I did was smile because every phase you explained, I smiled and said yep and I relived my “Sexy Sadie’s” life all over again but it’s been a couple of years since she passed. I ended the video wanting to get more!

Your passion and love for arthropods is infectious!

they are the reason i got over my fear of spiders! Now im looking into getting one! thank you for the info!

I just got my first lil jumper baby. He's molting right now so I won't be able to interact with the fella for a while 😢. Found your channel and I love it! You definitely deserve more recognition. Keep up the good work!

I cant believe your channel isn't bigger, love your content

Yeah I can’t get enough of these little fellas! I saved a bold from certain doom a few months ago. She turned out to be pregnant, which I was nervous about at first. But it ended up being so awesome, no regrets at all! These wonderful little creatures have helped my arachnophobia too!

I clicked this video to learn more about them, I wasn’t expecting to tear up when you were talking about them dying😭

I'm a new breeder. All of my spoods are captive bred. I don't support wild caught. Raising the babies is N absolute joy 😊 yes, a lot of work too. Thank you for this video. Made me tear up 😢

Thank you for this video. Incredibly helpful! About two weeks ago I got my own female regal jumper. She’s about 9-10 months old. Sadly was wild caught. She hasn’t eaten in about 12 days despite me trying to feed her, which makes me think she may be pregnant. Which is scary for me because I didn’t expect hundreds of babies. But your video and research is helping me prepare for the worst and best with her care. So thank you. Absolutely love my girl. ❤️

As a new breeder watching this a year later. Thank you. I was so worried about being a new breeder and messing things up. I found this video, and it has solidified I’m doing the right thing. Not only because it makes me happy and I love these little guys, but because I want to help other people love them and understand them too.

this video was amazing, ive been keeping jumping spiders for just under a year now, i had four and now only have three, sadly my little sling mugi passed on monday and this video has really helped me not beat myself up over it, ill definitely be getting another jumper to honour her ^_^ mugi left behind some happiness as i woke up today to find all three had molted overnight !

I have a P. audax I brought inside as a little dot of a sling right before a really bad cold snap back in September. I plan to release her in a few weeks when it warms up, but in the meantime have had a blast raising her. I have over 80 tarantulas, and she puts them all to shame with her takedowns. She is about an inch but has no problems bringing down prey three times her size. And be out hunting for more the next day!

There are a few jumping spiders that hang around my Sarracenia Pitcher plants. I have witnessed them crawling down the pitcher and pull out a fly that was still moving. Very smart little spiders.

I think they're so adorable!!❤

Thanks for doing this video!

Not my sister, I made her look at a picture if the cutest jumping spider & she said I don’t ever want to see that again 😳😳😳😳😳 I have tarantula & now a cutie pie jumper !! 😊

Jumping spiders got me over my small fear of spiders. I love em