Cloud Jumper Paraphidippus fartilis Spiderling

Description

The Cloud Jumper Paraphidippus fartilis is the orchid mantis of the jumping spider hobby. Adult females of the species often display bright white coloration, with gray, black and sometimes orange markings. Adult males have a base color of black, often with a purplish or green metallic sheen and white spotting. Spiderlings and juveniles are white to yellowish, with gray and black.

Available through this listing as captive-bred spiderlings (immatures), unsexed only, at $50 each. They are 4th to 5th instar and date of birth is 05/20/2026. Limit one per person/order. They have been feeding on fruit flies since first instar and are plenty stable on them at this point, of course. We recommend D. melanogaster fruit flies.

We do recommend slightly higher humidity for this species than for any other jumping spider we offer on this site.

The main photo on this page is a 7th to 8th instar juvenile, while individuals sold through this page are younger spiderlings at 4th to 5th instar. Secondary photos are of the parents and you can see both the mother and the green phase father (sometimes males are purplish but the father of the spiderlings on this listing is green). This is the first batch of them we have personally captive-bred and so we dropped the price a little bit from previously when we were buying and reselling them.

This species is featured in the first video below, though no adult females are included in the video.

Please check out the video from our YouTube Channel below for information on care and set up for your new pet jumping spider. And our Jumping Spider Care Sheet can be found at the top of this page.