Thornz Art & Arthropods

12/06/2024

This upcoming Monday is the last day for live shipping until January (in areas that weather allows). If you'd like to get in for a jumping spider to arrive before January, please order over this weekend to be sent out Monday! Enclosures packages will be shipping as normal.

12/01/2024

Tomorrow is the last day to get in on this! Feel free to message me to check things out.

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! Here's the reveal of my weekend sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Don't miss out on this! All jumping spiders $5 and enclosures $10 off usual marked price. For fun I also added a surprise option, for a jumping spider and enclosure of my choice for $50. The surprise packages will value anywhere from $60 to $80. Enclosure packages will ship throughout the week as normal. Live packages may have a wait due to temperatures and Holidays. Meet for pickup around Buckhannon WV.

11/30/2024

A few Bramble babies ready for new homes! They are coming out STUNNING. I love watching them grow up. Please send me a message if interested!

11/29/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! Here's the reveal of my weekend sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Don't miss out on this! All jumping spiders $5 and enclosures $10 off usual marked price. For fun I also added a surprise option, for a jumping spider and enclosure of my choice for $50. The surprise packages will value anywhere from $60 to $80. Enclosure packages will ship throughout the week as normal. Live packages may have a wait due to temperatures and Holidays. Meet for pickup around Buckhannon WV.

11/20/2024

Fall enclosures before the season is over! I have to admit, fall decorations are probably some of my favorite year round. If you see anything you like, please send me a message!

11/15/2024

For whatever reason when I tried to edit my old post about this, Facebook just deleted it, and it isn't even in my trash to put back up. So I made an updated version.

Wild jumping spiders. Can they be kept as pets? Should they be kept as pets? Let's talk about it!

Many people's first thought when they see a wild jumping spider is to take it home, and make it their new pet. While this may seem like the most convenient way to get a pet jumping spider, it can turn out quite the opposite. Wild jumping spiders come with additional risks that captive raised jumping spiders do not.

Some wild jumping spiders do just fine being taken into captivity, but some of them suffer failure to thrive. Failure to thrive happens when they do not adapt to captive life and it is too stressful for them, this can cause a decline in their health. Signs of failure to thrive include not eating, not webbing or making a hammock, and sitting at the bottom of the enclosure being inactive. If you have taken in a wild caught jumping spider and it is displaying these signs for a week or longer, it probably is not adapting to captivity and should be released back to the wild.

Wild jumping spiders can be carrying parasites. These parasites usually kill them eventually, then will exit the deceased body. There really is no way to identify if a jumping spider has internal parasites or not, but it is something to be aware of as a possibility.

If you have found a wild jumping spider you're considering keeping, one of the first things you should identify is if it is a mature female or not. Mature female jumping spiders in the wild most of the time have already been mated and have babies on the way. They have hundreds of offspring which take a lot of time, effort, and money for supplies in order to care for them. If that isn't a responsibility you're prepared to take on, it is likely in the spiders and your best interest not to keep a mature female jumping spider from the wild.

Now that you know the risks associated with wild caught jumping spiders, keep them in mind when wondering if you can or should keep one from the wild. Also keep in mind that most wild jumping spiders are much more skittish than captive raised jumping spiders.

11/13/2024

My phidippus regius Budgie, and phidippus otiosus Quinoa, have successfully paired! I am very hopeful for babies from them. Phidippus regius and phidippus otiosus are known to hybridize in the wild, they are the only two jumping spider species recorded to do this.

11/13/2024

Here's a few juvenile female phidippus regius ready for homes! So many girls are coming out of molt orange lately, they are just beautiful. Please message if interested!

11/10/2024

This girl was having such a good time during her photoshoot! She is a phidippus regius, currently i7. One of the last babies left from Fern, who is no longer with us. Please message if interested!

11/02/2024

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! Here's some spooky enclosures I did, some still available for those that like to keep the spooky vibes in every season!

10/30/2024

Meet the Parents: Marigold & Hulk. This one is long overdue! I paired these two ages ago and just hadn't properly introduced them yet. Unfortunately I had hulk for a very short period of time, and only have a couple photos of him. He is still one of the largest phidippus regius I've ever seen! Marigold is average size but I'm hoping her babies take some size after dad. Marigold is all orange and black with almost golden chelicerae! She has had multiple small clutches.

10/29/2024

A pairing from earlier this month, we are still waiting for an egg sac! These two are my phidippus adumbratus, Goose and Amelia.

10/22/2024

Just a couple photos of my girl Plum for fun!

Also want to say thank you to those who stopped by my table at the expo yesterday! I had a great time talking to you all and am always so happy when the spiders I've raised find their forever homes.

10/20/2024

A couple hours left, stop by the West Virginia Reptile Expo today and check stuff out!

10/17/2024

We will be at the West Virginia Reptile Expo this Sunday, October 20th, for the Halloween show! I will have of course a selection of jumping spiders and jumping spider enclosures. I'll also be bringing a small selection of other invertebrates including tarantulas, wolf spiders, and millipedes. If you'd like to check out what's available and reserve something for pickup at the show, you are welcome to message me to do so!

10/09/2024

Meet the Parents: Champagne & Taquito, these cuties only had one clutch. Taquito is the son of the late momma Tilia, who has passed, so this is a continuation of her bloodline.

10/02/2024

One of Clover's babies ready for a new place to make hammocks. This little guy is an i6.

09/22/2024

A couple phidippus regius babies! These two are from my spiders Champagne and Taquito. They are ready for new homes.