Phidippus arizonensis Arizona Jumping Spiderling

Description

Phidippus arizonensis is the Arizona Jumping Spider, which may seem poorly named since there is only one record of it occurring in the state of Arizona (Salvador Vitanza, Bugguide.net, 2025). However, it was described by the famed Peckhams in 1883 (husband and wife team) before Arizona (or New Mexico) became states and may therefore refer to the Arizona Territory which was established in 1863. Arizona achieved statehood on Valentine’s Day of 1912. Valentine’s Day became popular in the US in the 1940’s. The 1940’s…nevermind, let’s get back to spiders…

Update 12/23: Multiple females have dropped sacs for us in the past couple weeks. We expect babies to come in January and then the spiderlings will need to molt a couple times, feeding on fruit flies, to achieve a size that is safer for us to ship them as very stable young spiders. Please get on the waiting list if you’d like to be notified of their being listed as available!

Females of the species vary wildly in their coloration with combinations of black and white and brown and red and orange.  This makes it very hard to describe them and so we’ll soon put a picture on this page. 😉

Males on the other hand are spectacular with their slate blue to black or gray coloration, sometimes with a metallic blue sheen in certain light. Their front legs are large, fuzzy and a beigy color. Most photos don’t do them justice.

Please check out the video from our YouTube Channel below for information on care and set up for your new pet jumping spider…