My Photography of

Platycryptus undatus

Jumping Spiders

2012 -

 

Spider 6, "Rose"

September 2022 - December 16, 2023

I haven't photographed any spiders of this species in almost 6 1/2 years.  I actually found Rose in the house in late September 2022, but I didn't photograph her until a year later on 9-16-23.  I knew I'd regret it if I didn't have a single photo of a spider I've taken care of for so long.  She died 12-16-23, and most likely lived the longest of any spiders I've ever had---my estimate is that she was nearly 2 years old.  When I found her, I originally planned to keep her safe in a cage over the winter and release her the following spring.  However, she wasn't getting around very well and couldn't hold onto surfaces well.  She never shed a single skin.  Apparently, she'd already done all her molting and was much older than I thought.  So I decided not to release her.  She became very accustomed to being removed from her cage and being placed in a different container with prey, which is how I often fed her, especially if the insect could escape her regular terrarium.  She really surprised me over the summer, when about 10-15 spiderlings hatched out of a sac hidden in the crumpled paper toweling in her cage.  She sure carried those fertilized eggs a long time before laying them!  It sure was a good thing I didn't just throw that paper towel out when I was cleaning her cage.  I released the spiderlings outside right after I found them.  While it would have been nice to obtain photos of their development, I didn't have the time, and also hoped they'd be more successful in the wild.  The ones I tried to rear in 2010 suffered due to my use of a commercially-produced fruit fly medium, which I didn't understand contained a mold inhibitor that although fruit flies could eat it and survive, these spiders could not.  Without fruit flies raised on natural medium, I would never even attempt to raise Platycryptus spiderlings---they are just too sensitive to chemicals.

Below, she is photographed on cosmos, goldenrod and matboard.

   

   

     

   

   

     

     

     

   

   

     

 

Spider 5

4-10-17

I found this guy on my front porch, photographed him, and released him.  He is photographed on a circuitboard, one of my woodburned cypress knees, and one of Grandma Mickey's orchids that bloomed for the first time since she died.

   

 

   

   

   

   

     

   

 

   

 

Spider 4

5-14-15

I kept this male spider in a cage over the winter because I found it in the house and wanted to make sure it stayed safe until spring.  It is photographed on one of my woodburned cypress knees.

     

     

     

     

 

Spider 3

5-14-15

I kept this male spider in a cage over the winter because I found it in the house and wanted to make sure it stayed safe until spring.  It is photographed on one of my woodburned cypress knees.  Apologies for the dusty photos---I didn't realize the sensor needed cleaning.

     

     

   

   

     

5-28-15

Here he is photographed on a horned melon (kiwano).

     

     

     

 

Spider 2

9-18-14

This male was wandering around my house.  I decided to photograph him and release him on a safer window ledge near some houseplants.  I'm not sure if he's the same as either of the two photographed above.

     

 

     

 

Spider 1

7-28-12

I photographed this female on some hairy moss in a bowl in the house, then released her.

     

     

     

     

 

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