REPTILIA 175 Jumping spiders

Keeping and breeding jumping spiders in the terrarium

“How cute!” Even people who otherwise don’t like spiders at all or even tend towards arachnophobia make an exception for jumping spiders (Salticidae) and reward photos on social media with lots of heart emojis – the childish scheme simply always works …
However, the various local forms of Phidippus regius are highly sought-after terrarium pets, not only because of their cute appearance, but also because of their sometimes breathtaking colors and of course because of their exciting behavior.
In the cover story of this issue of the terrarium magazine REPTILIA, we present the keeping and breeding of this wonderful species, as well as the entire jumping spider family, in detail and describe what it takes for these agile animals to thrive and reproduce in the terrarium.

Also in REPTILIA No. 175:
– Part 2 of the great Costa Rica travelogue by Heiko Werning
– Keeping and breeding a little-known bow-fingered gecko: Cyrtodactylus nebulosus
– The Carolina box turtle(Terrapene carolina carolina) in North Carolina
– A life with belt tails – Part 2: Smaug giganteus (giant belt tail)