Honestly, thank you for this, I have about 100 of these guys living in and around my yard. I come from BC but live in the interior dry belt. these just happen to be my favorite jumping spider species. I have never kept one as a enclosed pet but i do have one or two that stay inside every year during winter. I try not to feed them but when they look like they are starving because all the insde bugs but them have dies, i usually purchase solider fly larvae to feed them.
I’m the Director of Animal Care for a small nature center in NorCal and we lost a Johnson’s Jumper earlier this year. I found very little care info specific to this species so we went with basic Jumper care. It was a male and could have just been old but after watching your care video, I suspect we probably kept the humidity too high. In fact, spiders are the only animal we struggle with. This guide was really helpful. Well done and great species specific information.
I live in a hot spot and the humidity when I see them is like 38 to 25. I also live by a lake and see a lot of them in the spring time and sometime in the summer just depends but I actually just caught two of them
Just sat down in my backyard patio in central California and found a male sitting on the backrest of a chair. I typically am arachnophobic but this little guy is pretty cool company.
Whenever I see phiddipus content I remember seeing this scene from, I think it was the Planet Earth nature film series with David Attenborrough, the goat of nature films, or a companion piece. Everything he has done is gold. It's a very colorful and intricately patterned species with a relatively elaborate courtship ritual. The male has what is essentially like a beautiful peacock tail appendage atop it's abdomen that it flaps upward while waving it's arms and prancing around in order to transfix the female and render her receptive, I guess lol. Their expressive behavior makes it look like they are using critical thinking skills and not only functioning on instinct, which is remarkable for an invert, in my novice opinion. It will forever be imprinted on my mind, I was so impressed.
What a great video! I was at the park with my son and one jumped in my bosom! 😅 I scooped him out and put him on the ground. He was fine as was I. Not a good place for him since I’m big busted!😅 I never thought of taking him home. I’ll get the enclosure and go back to the park. This park gets scorpions, bats, owls, tarantulas and snakes! I prefer the jumping spider over the other creepies
These are a common spider in the CA redwood belt. Although it's a cool very wet environment in winter, it gets very dry in summer with virtually no rainfall May-Oct, which is when you tend to see the spiders. They love to hang out on warm surfaces, are very brazen about showing themselves and have very good eyesight. The females are gorgeous, pugnacious, and get about 1/2" long and are active seriously cute hunters. The males tend to be much more laid back and not as beautiful, quite a bit smaller.
Thank you so much your video really helped me know more about my girl Loki she's still very yong and some things i was unsure about and you helped so much thank you.
Phidippus johnsoni has become my favorite jumping spider! I have handled and observed a number of wild specimens, and some have come into our home. The first time I saw one I was scared because of their alarming coloration! I killed one once that ventured into my bedroom. 😞Interesting that you mention their low tolerance to humidity. Up where I live on central Vancouver Island where it gets very rainy from November through to March - it is a temperate rainforest here, and yet P. johnsoni seems to do fine in this climate. Quite a lot of them in my area. I wonder if your red backed jumpers were sourced from the arid southwest? Perhaps the subpopulations in the PNW have evolved to tolerate more humid conditions... But I've observed that they don't start becoming active until the Spring when the temp climbs to 13/14 Celsius (55.4 or 57.2 Fahrenheit) and sunny.
I'm also in central Vancouver Island! I'm curious if we have a different species. The female I have photos of, it's not quite a black stripe, it stops short of reaching the carapace and the red is more of a circle all the way around.
Thank you for your guide! I just adopted a Johnsoni sling. They are still in in its deli cup. How often to mist the cup bottom? Or will it be better to just give provide a lightly moistened piece of cotton ? I live in the northeast of the states. Thanks again for your guide and for your soothing voice and music!
Cool video. I have been watching Tarantula Kat for a while now. I have learned So much from her. I am now a new subscriber to your channel. I hope to see more of the spiders. Hope you have a Wonderful night. My name is Angela from eastern North Carolina but live in Colorado now. ❤😊🕸🕷❤️🕷🕸😊❤
Oh, I have subscribed and just shared this video. I hope Nothing but the best. I don't know if you know Tarantula Kat, but she has Amazing content on jumping spiders to. Just wanted to share this with you. Here's to nothing but the best for your channel...have a good one, my new friend.😊
I was working the other day and one jumped out at me, it was the greatest surprise i could have encountered, i took her home and bought her a temporary enclosure, I'm so excited and fascinated by her, this was very helpful as it gets very humid where i am at. Do you recommend a temperature as well?
@Bioactive B I have either a male brilliant jumping spider (Phidippus clarus) or a female Red Back Jumping Spider (phidippus johnsoni). I'm not sure which one I have.
Thank you for this video! I am hoping you can tell me if Johnsoni hibernate. I have a small female who went into her hammock in early November and it's December 20th and she still hasn't emerged. It is very hard to see her no matter what angle I try and I don't want to disturb her, but I fear the worst. 🥺 What should I do?
I got my female 2 weeks ago I just found her dead but I don't understand why. Temp fine substrate fine. Food fine. She wouldn't eat mind you. I even purchased a new home so she could have had an upgrade 😢
Hello! I have a wild Johnson's that came into my home and made a little web and is just chilling in it on my ceiling. Pretty sure it's a male but nesting?? Maybe I should look closer? Should I make this guy an enclosure or just leave him? Can wild ones be tamed? They are so cute. They come in often but this is the first time one has made a home!
I found one female in my fridge today. I suspected it was carried by the produce because it was not usually found around here. Once I found it need to be feed with small insects, I think it is out of my ability to care for one. But I suspect it cannot adapt to the natural environment if I release it😢
I found one that was being surrounded by ants in my backyard is it okay to keep him ive been wanting to get one im just too afraid of ordering one online cause the way my mailman throws packages and this is the first time ive ever seem one in the wild
normally i wouldn't recommend ever having live caught animals however i'd be a hypocrite if i said not to since both of my johnsonis were wild caught. i think taking 1 spider from the wild to give it a good home and learn about them is perfectly fine
just bought a beautiful female today. going back tonorrow for more.she is so social and easily climbed over my hands.was my first time handling a jumper. not like my male P. Adumbratus is antisocial lol
I live in Central Texas between Dallas and Austin and have discovered a Johnson Jumper male. Is this unusual for our area? I have never seen one before today. It was on my back patio.
I live in New Mexico and I've heard that they are native here as well, so perhaps they've spread further east than the map portrayed. I was just at my local pet shop and they said there's a lady here in Albuquerque who breeds them because they're native to the area.
i'm so sorry for your loss!! it's hard to know for sure without knowing your exact situation :( how long have you had her and did her abodomen look malnourished? how were you supplying water? was she an adult?
Hey I bought a female phidippus ardens 2 days ago and she doesn't seem very active do you think this just be because of the new enclosure or could there be another reason, I've pretty much left her to it since she moved in but I'm a lil worried that she could be stressed out in some way
it's hard to say with such little info ! is she a mature adult? it could definitely be stress or old age are my first 2 thoughts. i wouldn't be too stressed about it unless she isn't eating when it's time to eat
Hey so I found a P johnsoni in my neighbors yard and she’s missing all4 legs on her left side. Will they start to grow back after she molts. I’ve been told yes and no
i live in an area where these are EVERYWHERE so these 2 are wild caught. my plan is to breed them to have captive bred johnsonis available on the market since most sellers sell wild caught and are overall shady like you said loll. i live in the US though so i'm not sure of any good breeders there :(
@@BioactiveB yeh England isn’t the best for them. You can catch zebra jumpers but they are tiny and a nightmare to keep alive. Just have to gamble I guess would try ship from USA but would want them in transit for that long. look forward to seeing the spiderling anyways 🙂
Dave's Little Beasties is a UK creator you could get spiders from. I love his channel. He breeds all kinds of spiders and other inverts. He might have what you're looking for. If not, I'm sure he could recommend to you a reputable nonshady breeder lol, since he has connections in the community. He responds to all the questions in his comments sections.
Honestly, thank you for this, I have about 100 of these guys living in and around my yard. I come from BC but live in the interior dry belt. these just happen to be my favorite jumping spider species. I have never kept one as a enclosed pet but i do have one or two that stay inside every year during winter. I try not to feed them but when they look like they are starving because all the insde bugs but them have dies, i usually purchase solider fly larvae to feed them.
I’m the Director of Animal Care for a small nature center in NorCal and we lost a Johnson’s Jumper earlier this year. I found very little care info specific to this species so we went with basic Jumper care. It was a male and could have just been old but after watching your care video, I suspect we probably kept the humidity too high. In fact, spiders are the only animal we struggle with. This guide was really helpful. Well done and great species specific information.
i'm so glad my care guide was helpful! i'm sorry about your guys' jumper. males do pass away quickly after maturity too
I live in a hot spot and the humidity when I see them is like 38 to 25. I also live by a lake and see a lot of them in the spring time and sometime in the summer just depends but I actually just caught two of them
I found one in my yard and I want to keep him! He’s tiny and has bold red coloring. This was so helpful
So glad I watched this cause I’ve been spraying their enclosures with mist everyday 😩
Just sat down in my backyard patio in central California and found a male sitting on the backrest of a chair. I typically am arachnophobic but this little guy is pretty cool company.
Thank you. I just put one back outside but I was tempted to keep her!
Whenever I see phiddipus content I remember seeing this scene from, I think it was the Planet Earth nature film series with David Attenborrough, the goat of nature films, or a companion piece. Everything he has done is gold. It's a very colorful and intricately patterned species with a relatively elaborate courtship ritual. The male has what is essentially like a beautiful peacock tail appendage atop it's abdomen that it flaps upward while waving it's arms and prancing around in order to transfix the female and render her receptive, I guess lol. Their expressive behavior makes it look like they are using critical thinking skills and not only functioning on instinct, which is remarkable for an invert, in my novice opinion. It will forever be imprinted on my mind, I was so impressed.
Found one of these at school and caught it. Thank you so much for this video!
Love this video!! I caught an injured, gravid female in my house today and Im going to nurse her up.
aw thank you !! that's wonderful
What a great video! I was at the park with my son and one jumped in my bosom! 😅 I scooped him out and put him on the ground. He was fine as was I. Not a good place for him since I’m big busted!😅 I never thought of taking him home. I’ll get the enclosure and go back to the park. This park gets scorpions, bats, owls, tarantulas and snakes! I prefer the jumping spider over the other creepies
These are a common spider in the CA redwood belt. Although it's a cool very wet environment in winter, it gets very dry in summer with virtually no rainfall May-Oct, which is when you tend to see the spiders. They love to hang out on warm surfaces, are very brazen about showing themselves and have very good eyesight. The females are gorgeous, pugnacious, and get about 1/2" long and are active seriously cute hunters. The males tend to be much more laid back and not as beautiful, quite a bit smaller.
Thank you so much your video really helped me know more about my girl Loki she's still very yong and some things i was unsure about and you helped so much thank you.
Phidippus johnsoni has become my favorite jumping spider! I have handled and observed a number of wild specimens, and some have come into our home. The first time I saw one I was scared because of their alarming coloration! I killed one once that ventured into my bedroom. 😞Interesting that you mention their low tolerance to humidity. Up where I live on central Vancouver Island where it gets very rainy from November through to March - it is a temperate rainforest here, and yet P. johnsoni seems to do fine in this climate. Quite a lot of them in my area. I wonder if your red backed jumpers were sourced from the arid southwest? Perhaps the subpopulations in the PNW have evolved to tolerate more humid conditions... But I've observed that they don't start becoming active until the Spring when the temp climbs to 13/14 Celsius (55.4 or 57.2 Fahrenheit) and sunny.
my johnsonis are from southern california so that would make total sense !
I'm also in central Vancouver Island! I'm curious if we have a different species. The female I have photos of, it's not quite a black stripe, it stops short of reaching the carapace and the red is more of a circle all the way around.
One just jumped on my arm up in Northern Canada BC was very interested in the cottonwood fluff laying around was very cute.
Wonderful. I've ordered one! Yay🎉
Thank you so much for Alltwen advice best video ever i have a female one of these think about getting male too :)
Thank you for your guide! I just adopted a Johnsoni sling. They are still in in its deli cup. How often to mist the cup bottom? Or will it be better to just give provide a lightly moistened piece of cotton ? I live in the northeast of the states. Thanks again for your guide and for your soothing voice and music!
Wow. Great video.👍
thanks joseph butchers !
Cool video. I have been watching Tarantula Kat for a while now. I have learned So much from her. I am now a new subscriber to your channel. I hope to see more of the spiders. Hope you have a Wonderful night. My name is Angela from eastern North Carolina but live in Colorado now. ❤😊🕸🕷❤️🕷🕸😊❤
aww thank you so much for your comment !! i'll definitely make more spider content. thank you for subscribing
@BioactiveB You are So welcome. Now to also share as well. Hope you have an Amazing evening my new friend 🤗👑👍💐
Oh, I have subscribed and just shared this video. I hope Nothing but the best. I don't know if you know Tarantula Kat, but she has Amazing content on jumping spiders to. Just wanted to share this with you. Here's to nothing but the best for your channel...have a good one, my new friend.😊
Thank you for posting this.
Do you know if this is normally a burrowing spider?
thank you! and no they don't prefer to burrow :)
I was working the other day and one jumped out at me, it was the greatest surprise i could have encountered, i took her home and bought her a temporary enclosure, I'm so excited and fascinated by her, this was very helpful as it gets very humid where i am at. Do you recommend a temperature as well?
that's so exciting! since they are native to where you live you don't have to have any external heat sources. just room temp is perfect!
@Bioactive B I have either a male brilliant jumping spider (Phidippus clarus) or a female Red Back Jumping Spider (phidippus johnsoni). I'm not sure which one I have.
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Thank you for this video! I am hoping you can tell me if Johnsoni hibernate. I have a small female who went into her hammock in early November and it's December 20th and she still hasn't emerged. It is very hard to see her no matter what angle I try and I don't want to disturb her, but I fear the worst. 🥺
What should I do?
I got my female 2 weeks ago I just found her dead but I don't understand why. Temp fine substrate fine. Food fine. She wouldn't eat mind you. I even purchased a new home so she could have had an upgrade 😢
Hello! I have a wild Johnson's that came into my home and made a little web and is just chilling in it on my ceiling. Pretty sure it's a male but nesting?? Maybe I should look closer? Should I make this guy an enclosure or just leave him? Can wild ones be tamed? They are so cute. They come in often but this is the first time one has made a home!
I have a wild female Johnsoni living in my kitchen... moved in this past week.
I found one female in my fridge today. I suspected it was carried by the produce because it was not usually found around here. Once I found it need to be feed with small insects, I think it is out of my ability to care for one. But I suspect it cannot adapt to the natural environment if I release it😢
if it isnt native to your area definitely keep it ! enjoy your new free pet haha
I found one that was being surrounded by ants in my backyard is it okay to keep him ive been wanting to get one im just too afraid of ordering one online cause the way my mailman throws packages and this is the first time ive ever seem one in the wild
normally i wouldn't recommend ever having live caught animals however i'd be a hypocrite if i said not to since both of my johnsonis were wild caught. i think taking 1 spider from the wild to give it a good home and learn about them is perfectly fine
just bought a beautiful female today. going back tonorrow for more.she is so social and easily climbed over my hands.was my first time handling a jumper. not like my male P. Adumbratus is antisocial lol
congrats !! yes they are much more curious. i love them !
I live in Central Texas between Dallas and Austin and have discovered a Johnson Jumper male. Is this unusual for our area? I have never seen one before today. It was on my back patio.
I live in New Mexico and I've heard that they are native here as well, so perhaps they've spread further east than the map portrayed. I was just at my local pet shop and they said there's a lady here in Albuquerque who breeds them because they're native to the area.
Do you know how I can tell the difference between Johnsoni and Ardens?
ardens are bigger and have a different geographic range than johnsoni
I have the exact same enclosure im so gutted my set up is perfect I feel so awful. What did I do wrong?
i'm so sorry for your loss!! it's hard to know for sure without knowing your exact situation :( how long have you had her and did her abodomen look malnourished? how were you supplying water? was she an adult?
Hey I bought a female phidippus ardens 2 days ago and she doesn't seem very active do you think this just be because of the new enclosure or could there be another reason, I've pretty much left her to it since she moved in but I'm a lil worried that she could be stressed out in some way
it's hard to say with such little info ! is she a mature adult? it could definitely be stress or old age are my first 2 thoughts. i wouldn't be too stressed about it unless she isn't eating when it's time to eat
Hey so I found a P johnsoni in my neighbors yard and she’s missing all4 legs on her left side. Will they start to grow back after she molts. I’ve been told yes and no
depends how mature she is. they definitely can regrow them !
@@BioactiveB she’s pretty small. She can’t be past i7
@@Og_Mandingo then she'll probably grow them back :)
I have at least one of these fellows living in my greenhouse. Saw em today eating an ant.
Hello! Can small Phidippus be fed with legume weevils? Thank you
yes as long as they are no larger than 1.5 times the size of your spider ! :)
Where do you order your jumpers from ? I’m in the uk and all the sellers look shady 😂
i live in an area where these are EVERYWHERE so these 2 are wild caught. my plan is to breed them to have captive bred johnsonis available on the market since most sellers sell wild caught and are overall shady like you said loll. i live in the US though so i'm not sure of any good breeders there :(
@@BioactiveB yeh England isn’t the best for them. You can catch zebra jumpers but they are tiny and a nightmare to keep alive. Just have to gamble I guess would try ship from USA but would want them in transit for that long. look forward to seeing the spiderling anyways 🙂
Dave's Little Beasties is a UK creator you could get spiders from. I love his channel. He breeds all kinds of spiders and other inverts. He might have what you're looking for. If not, I'm sure he could recommend to you a reputable nonshady breeder lol, since he has connections in the community. He responds to all the questions in his comments sections.