Phidippus texanus CB Spiderling

Description

The Texas Jumping Spider is Phidippus texanus. These are available through this listing as captive-bred, young spiderlings. They hatched on 2/16/25 and are now 4th instar and stable on D. melanogaster fruit flies.

$16.99 each

This species is distributed through most of Texas and north into adjacent states and then south into Mexico. As expected, they are Texas-big!

Adult females are generally a pale whitish gray to beige. The patterning on their abdomens is rather ornate. Chelicerae of the females are a brilliant, metallic teal color that really shines!

At maturity the species is sexually dimorphic. Males are large with red-orange abdomens, black legs and a black cephalothorax. White hairs and even a few, faint gray to white bands are not uncommon on the legs. Chelicerae are a striking and unusual shade of metallic greenish blue that is difficult to describe.

Note: main photo on this page is of an adult female. You can see a photo of a 3rd instar spiderling eating a D. hydei fruit flies in the additional photos section on this page.

You can see photos of them at iNaturalist through THIS LINK