#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.

#JumpingSpider #SpidersOfMastodon #Spood #BoldJumper #KatPics

#CW for pictures of a jumping spider eating an earwig.

#SpidersOfMastodon #JumpingSpider fans, I am trying to name this male dimorphic jumping spider. In case you don't want to look at the pictures, he's the kind with the black body, cute little mohawk and light brown legs. The #AltText is also worth a read.

What are your suggestions?

#AskFedi #NamingHelp #Spood

We have a spider (Eratigena sp) who lives in the kitchen, but with the recent lack of rain she has taken to wandering into the living room and staring* at us from the middle of the floor until we get her a drink (a soaked piece of kitchen paper). Then she goes back to her spot in the kitchen. I have named her Peabody. Folk in the village have been moaning about flies, but between Peabody and her chums and the carnivorous plants, we're okay. #spood

*Not. They have terrible eyesight.