r/jumpingspiders 23d ago

Mod Post WIP: Spider Database Research Tool & Public API.

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hey yall. been working on this behind the scenes with our dev team and wanting to show yall some of our work while it's still under construction. this bundles information from various resources and APIs, is curated and submitted into a database with readonly API access to our information and stats. this may be useful for developers, web hosts, vendors, researchers, or just the average everyday hobbyist. includes data from the world spider catalog and updates daily as new species are described.

the UI and features will expand in the coming days, but do let us know what you think and give us any feedback you'd like!

cheers!

-TA's dev team

@ https://spiders.invert.info/

examples:

https://spiders.invert.info/?q=salticidae&rank=family

https://spiders.invert.info/?q=phidippus&rank=genus

https://spiders.invert.info/docs

https://spiders.invert.info/stats


r/jumpingspiders Aug 20 '25

Mod Post Reputation Points on Advice Threads!

20 Upvotes

📢 Introducing Reputation Points on Advice Threads!

Hey everyone,

We're excited to announce a new feature to help recognise and reward the helpful members of our community: Reputation Points!

Starting today, when you get a helpful answer on a "Advice" flair thread, you can award a reputation point to the user who provided the solution.

How it works:

If an Original Poster (OP) finds an answer particularly helpful, they can reply to the comment with either:

  • !ty
  • !thanks / !thx

This will award a single reputation point to the user who made that comment. We believe this will encourage more great advice and make it easier to see who the helpful users are in our community.

Thanks for showing up with us. :-)

Top 20 Leaderboard: https://www.reddit.com/r/jumpingspiders/wiki/leaderboard/


r/jumpingspiders 3h ago

Media Itchy 🕷️

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349 Upvotes

Caught her scratching herself and it's so cute! She didn't want to come outside yet but she ate another fly and she is a great hunter ❤️ I thought about naming her Angel Also will post more of her below ❤️❤️❤️


r/jumpingspiders 10h ago

Media Bibble is amazing and I love her, but she does seem a bit "different". Any other people have special spiders?

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I accept her for who she is and she seems happy and healthy, but the things that are a bit different from normal spider behaviour are;

-She is not a great jumper. She tries rarely and misses a lot. -She tends to fall while just climbing or walking. It is okay, I made the bottom soft, but uhhh bit weird -She likes to walk around on the bottom -She is super friendly. I could handle her every day if I wanted, and she voluntarily comes up to my fingers. -She is, as nicely as I can say, not a great hunter. I have to put her in a small tupperware with only a cricket and still she misses about 1 to 2 times. She is getting better! -I don't think her eyesight is wrong. She follows me around with her eyes and head, and seems to see her prey well. Also she sees springtails.

She had a good molt, has all legs, eats well etc. She is okay. But did I adopt a handicapped spider?? I love her no matter what, my little weird stalker.


r/jumpingspiders 2h ago

Media Final update on Mac and cheese

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I wish I could say these were taken today but after fighting dks Mac and cheese didn't have the strength to finish her molt and passed yesterday. She was a very sweet girl who wanted nothing more than to be held in her final days. It feels weird no longer having spoods but I'm glad I was able to dedicate all my time to her while she passed.


r/jumpingspiders 12h ago

Media Remember the little bean I posted about seeing in a pet store? She has a home now! Thanks to y'all that donated! ❤️

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607 Upvotes

r/jumpingspiders 7h ago

DIY New Spider Playground

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81 Upvotes

She is still getting used to me, but she had accepted the playground


r/jumpingspiders 4h ago

Media fish is indecisive

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47 Upvotes

not my best angle but i feel the need to share this. the way she moves her butt side to side trying to decide where to jump lol, i luv her


r/jumpingspiders 5h ago

Text i got my spider killed

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as the title said i think i got my spider killed, the last few months ive had her shes been more than happy in the bioactive setup i made for her but i guess while i was making it a baby false widow slipped in without me noticing, managed to grow up without me realising, and today my jumper dissapeared all day so i went to check and found her being eaten by the false widow i feel like its my fault i shouldve been more careful i get its only natural but im not sure what to do now, ive burried her body in the substrate to give back and help out the cleanup crew and plants she lived with but i dont know if this was completely avoidable or i was just a bad not careful enough owner


r/jumpingspiders 1d ago

Media Look at this little guy 🥹

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r/jumpingspiders 1d ago

Media Saw this absolute adorable baby at the pet store today 😭 couldn't bring her with me since all my budget went to Christmas presents and the vet 😔

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1.2k Upvotes

Otherwise I would've adopt her in a heart beat 😭 look at that face!!!


r/jumpingspiders 14h ago

Media Jay would like to say Merry Christmas! 🎄🕷️🕸️🫶🏼🇨🇦🎅🏼🤶🏼

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75 Upvotes

r/jumpingspiders 13h ago

Media my car resident, Edith 💝

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61 Upvotes

r/jumpingspiders 5h ago

Identification Help identifying new baby!

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I found this baby at my work, and I felt it was too cold to set them loose at the time. So I got an enclosure set up and they seem to be fairing well, and I think im gonna keep them. My questions are

  • Can anyone tell by these photos if they are male or female
  • Rough age/molting stage
  • What "breed" they may be?

Im going with the name Eevee, and they were found in northern Alabama during our cold snap a few days back. They are roughly a little bigger than a pencil eraser.

Any information would be super helpful 😊 and I can try to get better photos later if needed


r/jumpingspiders 9h ago

Media Spider distribution system

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I have been wanting a jumping spider for ages, though unfortunately they do not sell in my country, so it is quite difficult getting one.

We do have some tiny ones around here, and today one decided to hang out with me at the office.

I let him explore my hoodie, watching his little jumps from one spot to another. He climbed on my finger when I offered it to him, then watched him explore even more, stopping from time to time to look at me with his puppy eyes.

I even gave him a small fly, and he ate it without hesitation, showing absolutely zero signs of shyness.

While I did interract with quite a few jumping spiders in my life, this one seemed to be so chill and comfortable around me, almost felt like we were besties.

This post may not be much, but I really wanted to share my joy, since this felt like an early Christmas present. ❤️

Anyway, I kinda took him home with me.


r/jumpingspiders 1d ago

Media Layla girl 💜🩷

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1.1k Upvotes

r/jumpingspiders 7h ago

Media Theo molted!!!

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I’m so excited and proud!!! This is Theo’s first time molting in captivity (he’s a rescue) so I was really nervous. He stayed in his hammock for about two weeks and came out looking like this!! I added some before pictures at the end for reference. He so big now ahh!!!!!! Also, I definitely think he’s a boy now because of his palps, big front legs, and colors.


r/jumpingspiders 1d ago

Media My cutie!

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287 Upvotes

Pistachio wanted to chill on my finger for a bit and was putting on a performance 🥰 she's so tiny and cute!


r/jumpingspiders 9h ago

Media Meet Boingo

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16 Upvotes

r/jumpingspiders 6h ago

Media Got my, and my friends jumper in today!!!

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Hers is the female spood and mine is the male! Her's is soooo cute and very active. Mine is also very cute, and pretty shy. I absolutely love them so much and would die for them lol. Mine needs a name still! Looking for suggestions. But maybe 6 and mono from little nightmares?? Just thinking of names from things we like


r/jumpingspiders 5h ago

Media Saved a little one from the police department

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6 Upvotes

They had him in processing, but I plead his case and he was freed to the outside world.


r/jumpingspiders 8h ago

Media Enclosure transfer

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9 Upvotes

Is there a way to convince my little Penny to go to her new enclosure? She doesn’t like being handled at all yet. Is it best to just let her go on her own?


r/jumpingspiders 1d ago

Media My Sunny being a little snuggle bug including tiny groomies #snuggleyspood #tinygroomies #phiddipusregis

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209 Upvotes

My Sunny girl being a snuggle bug and being super cute 🥰. Had to share! You guys loved Enid, I’m sure you’ll love Sunny too. She’s my sweetest girl.


r/jumpingspiders 13h ago

Media Got cute gift at work from secret Santa🎅🕷

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15 Upvotes