Name: Phidippus octopunctatus Teddy Bear Spiderling
SKU: bic0828po
Price: 24.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 5.00 (1 reviews)

Description

Phidippus octopunctatus Teddy Bear Jumping Spider spiderlings have hatched and have reaches 2nd instar. They may be ready as soon as Christmas! These are captive-bred by us.

These natives are one of the largest species in the United States and Mexico. Some of those who study spiders claim these are larger than regals but scientists measure spiders in terms of body length rather than leg span, like hobbyists do.

These will be young 4th to 5th instar spiderlings and are currently feeding on D. melanogaster fruit flies!

We cannot sex them as they haven’t taken on their sexual colorations or characters yet. Limit 3 per person due to low inventory.

Main photo on page is of a normal coloration adult female. The last two images in the gallery (of four images) are of 3rd instar P. octopuncatus spiderlings. Adult males are not currently pictured but I’ll dig through my phone to find one and post it later. Males are one of the most strikingly colored jumping spiders in the United States with bluish gray and black bodies. The sexual dimorphism in this species is just amazing!

Some food and caging products are listed below.

An excerpt from an email I sent to somebody on 2/17/26…

Aside the fartilis, we keep everything else the same in terms of frequency of sprayings/humidity. I’ve never used a humidity gauge and so I can’t give you a value. It would vary anyway. Our bug rooms definitely run Arizona-dry and we spray jumpers once or twice per week, but ventilation is rather low and so there are peaks of humidity and dryness through that cycle, no doubt. We think more about hydration than humidity.

We are currently trying out more terrestrial vs arboreal offerings for the young octo spiderlings and noticing that they are happy to hide under the leaf litter at the bottom of the small cups we keep them in vs up near the top, more often than not. Of course, this isn’t a great thing for display or seeing the spiders but I have noticed in nature that the younger ones are never higher up on plants, like other jumpers. I’ve seen a few of them under rocks, in nature. And so in my mind it all sort of adds up to their ideal care needs perhaps being different than any other Phidippus species we’ve worked with. They seem more like Habronattus, in terms of habitat preference, as it turns out.

So, offering a more terrestrial set up is the current tweak we are employing for this more sensitive than average species, where some customers have noted more frequent molting issues with them.

Be sure to read our Jumping Spider Care Sheet which covers everything from purchasing, to unboxing to care through the life cycle.

Check out our YouTube video below and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! The first video shows care and set up for jumping spiders…

In the video below, we showcase how we build the tanks for the teddy bear spiderlings now…

Additional information

Weight	.15 lbs

1 review for Phidippus octopunctatus Teddy Bear Spiderling

Rated 5 out of 5

Peggy Davis (verified owner) – April 6, 2025

Oh. My. Heart. I ordered and received the cutest little Teddy Bear spiderling. I named him Otto and he is doing very well.
He came packaged very securely, and once I opened up the package and saw him, I immediately feel in love.
Thank you Peter for having such a healthy, wide selection of spiders!