#CW for spiders

So, in a prior post I talked about Claudia the bold jumper, that was also gravid and has had at least two clutches of eggs since we had been spoiling her with mealworms. She's in a more controlled diet, because that many grandbabies are difficult to handle. Plus she's fond of snacking on them.

Claudia is currently in a "retirement" enclosure with netting along all the sides and more accessible ledges as she doesn't have the best grip in old age.

Pictured are shells from a recent molt of one of the slings from Claudia clutch 1. Being able to have an intact helmet as they molt to i5 is delightful because look at how cool it is!

Also pictured is the spood before the molt, and then a different spood that we affectionately call "Little Miss can't pick a fucking name" because it was funny at the time. She hitchhiked on my person one day a month or so ago, and is currently habitating in Claudias previous enclosure.

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The bold jumper loves the bees.

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A transfer of life.

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So the bold jumper makes it's appearance at times in the house. The other day it was in the bathroom sink, fell down the drain.I found a string and got it hoisted out of the water it was floating in. Put in the sunny window sill. It came to life, proceeded to clean itself, or give me a thumbs up. Yesterday it was on the ceiling above me as I woke up. Today it strolled across the counter to where I was sitting and said hello I guess.

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This afternoon I potted up one of the Red Marconi peppers plants to overwinter it and put it in the grow tent. Tonight when I was checking on it I spotted a Bold Jumper spider enjoying the fake sunlight.

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I found some squash bugs the other day after I thought I had beat them for the year. I took care of most of them with soapy water. Today I was checking and saw this and was about to squirt some soap but it looked odd so I looked closer and noticed the spider. The bold jumper had caught a squash bug. I didn't find any other squash bugs.

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I've been watching bee swarm activity and noticed something much larger than a bee on the bait hive. A bold jumper jumping spider caught a bee for lunch it looks like.

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Saw a #BoldJumper #spider. Acts defensive like a scorpion, headed right at me.

Not dangerous to humans. Excellent eyesight. Doesn’t spin webs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidippus_audax