Arachnamoria

Arachnamoria A leading UK breeder of pet jumping spiders, specialising in assisting new keepers to get started with these adorably addictive creatures.
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Darling and Toads babies started hatching yesterday. There are a few still hatching, others are already black and huddle...
18/09/2025

Darling and Toads babies started hatching yesterday. There are a few still hatching, others are already black and huddled up in their cosy web...
Except Barry.
Barry decided to set off on some quest, like an 8-legged hobbit.
I've spent over an hour watching him, spider wrangling brush in hand, to make sure he made it back to the web sac safely.
Wait... does that make me Gandalf?
YOU SHALL NOT PASS, BARRY!

I'm so happy to have baby spiders again, I have missed their mischief 😏

This handsome chap was found literally hanging about the house last night. I gave him some water, snapped a few quick pi...
05/09/2025

This handsome chap was found literally hanging about the house last night.
I gave him some water, snapped a few quick pictures and then escorted him outside (took a few more quick pics).
He is a cross orb weaver more commonly known in the UK as a garden spider.
They are absolutely stunning and come in a range of colours. They build your stereotypical webs, females are much larger and chunkier than their male counterparts.
His name is Harold Hangingstein.

Eggs have been laid, only two weeks wait to see if they are fertile 🤞While I wait I am working on the website, and yes, ...
04/09/2025

Eggs have been laid, only two weeks wait to see if they are fertile 🤞
While I wait I am working on the website, and yes, tech support (husband) is already rolling his eyes at me.
So please bear with me if you stumble across glitches or if I accidentally delete it all, I am better with spiders than I am technology.
Wow, I sound old...

EDIT: THIS IS A PRO SPIDER POST!What madness is this?!My professional advice is DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE.Invite them in, ho...
22/08/2025

EDIT: THIS IS A PRO SPIDER POST!

What madness is this?!
My professional advice is DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
Invite them in, host a party for them, and make up the spare room.
Make friends with these jumpy natives at all costs.
What is the world coming to...

Follow up: If you are someone reading this for advice to rid yourself of jumping spiders, please DM me, and I'll send you my address to ship them to 😆.
The more the merrier

🎵Doing the haaaaaappy danceWhile they do the haaaaappy danceSING IT WITH ME!I'm doing the haaaaaappy dance!!🎵This is Toa...
22/08/2025

🎵Doing the haaaaaappy dance
While they do the haaaaappy dance
SING IT WITH ME!
I'm doing the haaaaaappy dance!!🎵
This is Toad and his lady Darling.

That's two paired this week.
Thank you for keeping my spirits up over my little moment of self doubt.

06/08/2025

Things aren't going well here at Arachnamoria. Not well at all...
I have been trying everything to get back to breeding but my time off pairing spiders before and after my surgery has left me in a right pickle.
Most of the females are not in the receptive phase of their egg cycles which means they are either gravid with infertile eggs or hiding away with infertile eggs, and once they are they seem to be having something to eat and going straight back into the cycle. This mean they are nearing a stage where they are too old to pair.
The other small amount of females are related to my males, the two males unrelated are refusing to eat (typical male behaviour) unless it is a receptive female and then they showed clear stalking behaviour so had to be seperated.
I've been trying several times a week but alas, not even one pairing...
This means that right now I am not a breeder, I'm a keeper with some accessories in the shop.
I'm utterly downhearted to not be back doing what I love.
Thanks for reading

Hey, has anyone got the number for the weather delivery people? I think they have sent the wrong climate pack 🥵Keep an e...
10/07/2025

Hey, has anyone got the number for the weather delivery people? I think they have sent the wrong climate pack 🥵
Keep an eye on your spider enclosure temps over the next few days, you can share your fans or pop the enclosure into your coolest room if their temp is peaking above 29°c.
It's also a good idea to give them a second mist in the evening.
Something to be cautious of is double checking enclosures are closed and perhaps not handling them, only because if a spiders decides to make a break for it, it is highly likely to make a beeline for the warm, bright window that will most likely be open. I mean, I could just be paranoid because my spiders would relish the chance at giving me extra stress like that.
Crikey... I can hear the neighbours questioning my sanity already if I had to stand in the garden shouting demands and insults at my house because there is a spider off on a jolly towards the roof.
I know the fire services rescue cats from trees... but what about jumping spiders in my guttering? 🤔
The upside of the weather for me is that spiders get rather frisky when it's warmer. Hopefully, Pegasus here fancies a date with Spud; see if we can make some more silver Floridas.

There are currently only virgin spiders here at Arachnamoria. I haven't started to pair yet, so a wait for a baby is at ...
05/07/2025

There are currently only virgin spiders here at Arachnamoria. I haven't started to pair yet, so a wait for a baby is at least 3 months.
I am always happy to let people know when the babies are available, but I will always let you know how long you may be waiting. This is just the decent thing to do in my humble opinion.
This is in case you really wanted one sooner, and you may want to find another breeder and not need to be notified in 3 months time. I have a list of breeders to help you get your new little spiders on hand in that case.
It does not mean I don't want you to sell you, I'd love to sell to you but I really don't have any babies.
However, I hate to be negative but rudeness about wait times will indeed mean I will not want to sell to you.
I wish I could make spiders on command but alas, that's not how it works 😆

Well hello!Remember me?Slightly batty spider wrangler...Smells like locust...Speaks fluent arachnid...Prefers those with...
04/07/2025

Well hello!
Remember me?
Slightly batty spider wrangler...
Smells like locust...
Speaks fluent arachnid...
Prefers those with 8 legs over those with 2...
I'm here. I'm alive. AND I'm 100% back to work.
Hopefully, I'll have some updates on summers breeding project for you very soon, because I miss having bibby spoods giving me hassle. So close to finishing this darn colouring book, had to make the lines thicker which was basically like drawing every single page again.
Hope you are all doing okay, surviving the weather.
Thanks for hanging in there while I recovered x
Here's Demi asking where her 2nd breakfast is.

Just waiting in my room to be taken to the down for surgery and I have a little visitor to keep me company.
08/05/2025

Just waiting in my room to be taken to the down for surgery and I have a little visitor to keep me company.

I managed to get 3 Goblins to sit for their photos today. I hope to add more as they finally show their faces.Shipping w...
25/04/2025

I managed to get 3 Goblins to sit for their photos today. I hope to add more as they finally show their faces.
Shipping will be late next week (i have scans, tests, and pre-op booking up at the beginning of that week.
Please note that once this weekend is done, there will be no more baby spiders going online. It's a tearful thought that I won't be packing off babies to new homes, and seeing the excited messages come in when they arrive at their destination.
I'm going to miss the crud out of my work.
I have to get going cause I'm making myself sad.
Hopefully, I can reawaken Arachnamoria with a 💥BANG💥 once I'm back on my feet.

24/04/2025

Now I remember why I didn't give dates for the next upload of babies; because they are unpredictable balls of chaos who like to remind me that they will be ready when they are ready.
2 baby spiders out this morning, 3 still laughing their legs off at me, and one who hasn't even tried moulting yet.
Troublesome Goblins!
For any new comers to the hobby I shall explain. Up to 200 (Thalassia had 70) baby spiders can hatch over two days, they spend 4 weeks in the web where they will have their first moult, and disperse the nest over 4 days (typically)
From here, they will each moult (how they grow) at a VERY individual rate. Some may take 8 weeks to reach 5th instar, some 10, some 13 or 14, others even longer. I can see when they are getting ready to moult, but this too is a case of "how long is a piece is string" some bosh it out in 24hrs, some 3 days, other 5 days to a week, some even bail out at 4 days, act normal for 2 days then saunter off back into their moult hammock.
So I can only apologise to those waiting for the last baby upload before I shut up shop temporarily on the 2nd, but I made an educated guess and the goblins decided to remind me who's really in charge around here.
They are.
Always.
All hail the chaos Goblins, descendents of Neil the great, rulers of Arachnamoria, conquerors of the Spider Wrangler and all her puny plans.

I'll try again tomorrow 😒

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