Phidippus regius “Everglades”

Fascinating jumping spiders from the Everglades National Park

Phidippus regius “Everglades” is a jumping spider from the Everglades National Park in Florida. The female jumping spiders have a striking orange coloration on the thorax and abdomen.

The male Phidippus regius “Everglades” are black and white in color and have green-metallic shimmering chelicerae.Phidippus regius “Everglades” are, like all jumping spiders, quite agile and you can actually always see them. Shortly before moulting, they climb into their web and remain there until the process is complete. The animals are hunters and have no problem capturing their food. It is always a spectacle to watch them.

Fruit flies, house flies or oven fish are suitable food animals. Anything that is not eaten within a day should be removed from the terrarium. We feed and water young spiders every 3 days and adult animals once a week and the humidity should be 70 % with good ventilation. We spray a little water in a corner. This is completely sufficient and it is better to spray a little more sparingly than too much. The animals absorb the drops of water as required and thus quench their thirst.