Spood Oddities

09/07/2024

Hope this shows all steps. Fly feeding day
Omg posted upside down 😂

09/04/2024

09/04/2024

𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖎𝖋𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖙𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖈𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖘𝖙 𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖗𝖊𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖕𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖘?

A valid question! A question I have gotten the last few weeks. You guys know I’m all about explanation so here it is 😉

The most simple explanation I can give is captive bred second generations and more to come are different as we know the bloodline accurately now and know there are absolutely no genetic concerns.

Captive bred first generations are just as important. They are the backbone to our research as we raise the spoods that we bred. They become the parents of our next generation line if we carry that line on.

Yes second generations and generations to come are usually a bit more in fees and here is why.
By second generations hatch date, it has been 2 different pairings within the same bloodline to create next generations off of first.
Next it’s about 2 years of hard work and dedication to that line raising.
That is a longtime or daily hard work and care!
We know this line now inside and out.

What is the difference for you as a customer?
You know those genetics are strong. That breeder can answer everything and anything as they know that bloodline through and through.
Personally, I like to continue on lines with females of that line. Just personal preference on my behalf. Males absolutely carry on a line also.
Did you know that you can have a next generation with two of your lines when you bred with different fathers in first generations? 🚫crossbreeding please.
We have our first second generations with 2 of my first generation lines growing right now, eeek!

When you adopt a captive bred spider, you adopt a whole package.
The package includes daily hard work and dedication in getting a successful pairing.
Months upon months of raising that clutch until adoption days.
With us Spood Oddities knowing you are getting a socialized spood that has been handled and played with often.
You get history of that bloodline including both parents information. You know that spoods hatch date (birth date).
You know that spoods last molt date.
You know what that spood will and won’t accept as feeders.
You know that spoods exact stage of life the day you ad0pt.
With us, you know you aren’t getting a gravid (pregnant) female that will go on to lay hundreds of babies. That is HUGE!
You can contact me and most other br33ders 24/7 with any and all questions and or concerns about the spider you have ad0pted.
You get a relationship with that br33der.

All we ask for in return is to continue caring for, loving and keeping us updated on how that spood is doing.
It’s a mutual trust between both customer and br33der.

09/04/2024

Well said 💯
When you ad0pt from a reputable breeder, you get the whole package 🫶
You get birth dates, last molt dates, history of parents and bloodline, accepted feeders, you can message at anytime with any questions pertaining to their spider you adopted.
Please keep it to messaging where you ad0pt from in regards to questions on a spider. We won’t know bloodline, history etc and it can make us a bit uncomfortable when asked. Thanks a bunch.
You get a relationship with that breeder and help with their spider at all times. Usually hours upon hours of communication.
We as breeders just like you as a customer hold the right to refuse an adoption if we feel it’s not in our spiders best interest. Months upon months of hard work and dedication are poured into adopting from a reputable breeder vs getting one from outside.

09/04/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Eric Maclean, Kari Zapata, Kyle Jantoc, Valentina Castro Linn, Trevon Neal, Jennifer Snider, Joann Mooney Young, Kathy Rodriguez, Athena Swift, Peter Paredes Marquez, Rob Krow, Cheryl Richter, Andrei H Panek, Bella Krause, Sara Czukal McBride, Rebecca Prosper, Jane Williams, Amanda Sturdivant, Angela Avina, Georgia Carroll, Tristan Sabo, BrandonLandon KristaRuss, Colleen Castillo, Debbie Fagerland, Rene Dos Santos, Jennifer Silva Suttle, Brenda Stanley, Ike Antell, Anne Uhh, Deb Lehne Hillson, April Claire Lamb, Kristina Estep, Alexa Henning, Martin Biechl, Jessica Noble, Joanna Claussen, Emma O'Regan

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09/02/2024

Hands down the best fruit flies I ever found the last 2 years

Spood Food

09/02/2024

Ways to tell a white phased male Phidippus regius jumping spider apart from another phase.

In my experience raising other phases with breeding white phases, here is what I’ve taken note of.

White phased males have more white banding on their legs than other phases. This is a huge telltale sign.
The larger marking on a white phase male is whole whereas the larger often middle marking on other phases I’ve raised and ad0pted myself is broken/split.

White phase males will have lots of white hairs whereas other phases do not and often none.

Light line males some will call a “light phase” will often resemble white phases with less white hairs and sometimes not as much in way of white leg banding.

Hope this helps.
All regal males besides those that carry the recessive white gene will be black with white markings very early in life and it can be hard to differentiate the phases of phidippus regius males without knowledge.
All males shown are our Spood Oddities males 🖤

Educational page coming to YouTube soon 👀

09/02/2024

So something I would do 🫶

09/01/2024

ᕼOᗯ TO GEᑎᗪEᖇ ᗩ ᒍᑌᗰᑭIᑎG ᔕᑭIᗪEᖇ

The s*x organs of a jumping spider are how we determine gender.
A female up until sub adult will not show any signs yet of her epigyum forming AKA epi.
This is found on the underside of a female jumper. Below her book lungs.
Sub adult females epigyum will be flat and matte black. A mature females epi will be shiny and resemble a belly button. Her pedipalps will be more thin than a males once s*x organs begin to form. Up until, no factor in determining gender.

The male jumping spider however can begin to form his s*x organs called Palpal bulbs located on the last segment of his pedipalps earlier in life than a female usually does.
Often times at instar 8 you can begin to see his “bulbs” forming when looking on an angle or from underneath his pedipalps.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦.
The colors of a jumper and or chelicerae colors (fangs) do not guarantee the gender of a jumping spider. Both can and do change over the spiders series of molting. Female jumpers can have green or blue chels with pink or purple chels possibly changing to green or blue and or vice versa.
White phased males can be very light in tones but by sub adult or maturity turn dark grey or black. Often times resembling female until s*x organs begin to form.
A female white phased can go dark to light and back to dark again. She can go light to dark and back to light again. She also can go light and stay light tones or go dark and stay darker tones. As a white phase breeder the last year and half, I have seen all mentioned.

I hope this helps you in determining age of your jumping spider.
A breeder or one who raises from a gravid female should be including the spoods hatch date and stage of life when you adopt.
This is in helping you to keep stages of life accurate including birthdate.
The spoods last molt date should always also be included in an adoption.

вєℓσω αяє єχαмρℓєѕ ιη вσтн ѕтαgєѕ σƒ ℓιƒє Spood Oddities ѕρσσ∂ѕ 🕷️

08/29/2024

𝕳𝖔𝖜 𝖙𝖔 𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖈𝖍 𝖋𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖌𝖚𝖎𝖉𝖊

I made this guide last September for my group. I’ve helped many members and non members be successful at hatching green and blue bottle with house flies over a year. I hope we are able to help your journey in hatching flies also.

Green and blue bottles arrive in larvae form AKA spikes.
It can take 4-20 days from pupae (not larvae) to fly. Always give yourself a window of time and keep making new containers.
House flies usually arrive in pupae form already.

This is just how I do it. There are a few ways to go about hatching flies. I make sure to switch out the lightly damp paper towel daily until they begin to hatch. Then remove flies and repeat steps.
I also mist one side of the container every other day once I see pupae are turning dark dark brown.

In my experience and many batches later hatching flies these are pointers I learned:
1. Make sure the pupae are dark enough before adding to a lightly damp paper towel in a well ventilated container.
2. Not all will complete their cycle before passing so add extras.
3. Keep in a warm spot in your house. I do some under my led lights in my spood loft with most on a top shelf in my laundry room. Have kids so my dryer is always going.
4. They need humidity to hatch and complete the cycle. The lightly damp paper towel they sit in provides this. Will pass if they dry out.
5. Often times it will be past the 10 day mark once they hatch.
6. Do not count days until in pupae form. Day 1 is first day of pupae and so on.
7. I have found once in pupae form, they won’t last long in the fridge if not pulled to hatch.
The 3-4 weeks longevity in fridge is in spike form only. I have better luck with newer spike orders hatching than ones that have been in my fridge a while.
8. Once they hatch add to something you can feed honey, bee pollen or reptile jelly and mist a wall for flies to drink. In my experience they will last up to 7 days if given food and water.

As I hatch over 100 flies a week, it’s easiest for me and provides less time of flies into the fridge to put to sleep before feedings.
My final step is I now move to individual deli cups once they hatch and add a dot of organic honey or bee pollen on bottom lid. See set up videos by searching bb flies in my fb group.
9. Add lots of ventilation to body and top of each deli cup.

Hope this helps.
Remember jumpers are a spider still and any spider will prefer a fly over anything else. Some jumpers both genders will starve themselves waiting on a fly. Not to scare but to educate.

Resources where I get as credit should always be given.
Best place to get blue bottle spikes is our friend Brad over at Big Fat Phids.
Best place to get house flies is Spider Pharm.
2 of the only places I’ve ever seen green bottles at are Mantisplace and Josh’s Frogs.
Cycle chart is from Rose Pest.

Please kindly note, flying flies cannot be sh1pped. Give yourself a window to get some practice in hatching.
Don’t get discouraged. It’s a harder feeder to get down but by far the most rewarding hunt and catch for a jumper. Never gets old watching.
It is a myth that only male jumpers will begin to reject other feeders besides a fly. I experience it just as often with females ‼️

I made a few set up videos after this also. Search blue bottles in my facebook group Spood Oddities Facebook Group up top.

My friend and customer Sara Czukal McBride has also made a tutorial on another way to hatch and graciously has shared it in my group recently. I’m adding the link here also

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/i4rLpP2DA8KxD3ru/?mibextid=J7ZoRX

There are many ways to hatch flies. We hope our process can help you on your way to successfully hatching flies.
Hatch too many? You can set the flies free outside

08/28/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Eric Maclean, Kari Zapata, Kyle Jantoc, Valentina Castro Linn, Trevon Neal, Jennifer Snider, Joann Mooney Young, Kathy Rodriguez, Athena Swift, Peter Paredes Marquez, Rob Krow, Cheryl Richter, Andrei H Panek, Bella Krause, Sara Czukal McBride, Rebecca Prosper, Jane Williams, Amanda Sturdivant, Angela Avina, Georgia Carroll, Tristan Sabo, Colleen Castillo, Debbie Fagerland, Rene Dos Santos, Jennifer Silva Suttle, Ike Antell, Anne Uhh, Deb Lehne Hillson, April Claire Lamb, Kristina Estep, Alexa Henning, Thelma Binau, Martin Biechl, Jessica Noble, Joanna Claussen, Emma O'Regan

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community,

08/25/2024

Those that make their ff cultures and use premade media. For either Josh’s Frogs media or Repashy, do you still add a little white vinegar and cinnamon?
I used to use Neherp’s premade media and it always called for white vinegar but other media’s don’t 🤔
Teeny bit Cinnamon was added to help keep smelling fresh

08/24/2024

Information about Spood Oddities 🖤🖤🖤
You are on the FB page

08/22/2024

Please read.
ISO a captive bred mature white phase boy that has fairly recently matured.
Boy has to be above average sized for my girls to accept. My girls are big girls.
It’s important to me that the boy has been bred not one raised from a Gravid female.
If you know someone who has, please message me only.
No small or just average sized. Zero luck in the past pairing my Banshee and Wednesday girls with that size male. Throw the boys off, ignore or run over. No sub adults or younger. Have that covered 😉
My Current dads will not dance again. No luck with my other boys either.
Thanks a bunch. Reach out via message only please.

08/21/2024

Attempted pairing live today around 4:30pm EST. Sorry didn’t have enough time before I get my kiddos from school. Pairing times can be 10 seconds up to 4 hrs. See ya soon

08/21/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Eric Maclean, Kari Zapata, Kyle Jantoc, Valentina Castro Linn, Jennifer Snider, Kathy Rodriguez, Athena Swift, Peter Paredes Marquez, Rob Krow, Cheryl Richter, Andrei H Panek, Bella Krause, Sara Czukal McBride, Rebecca Prosper, Jane Williams, Amanda Sturdivant, Angela Avina, Georgia Carroll, Tristan Sabo, Colleen Castillo, Debbie Fagerland, Rene Dos Santos, Jennifer Silva Suttle, Ike Antell, Anne Uhh, Libby Pineapple, April Claire Lamb, Kristina Estep, Alexa Henning, Martin Biechl, Jessica Noble, Joanna Claussen, Emma O'Regan

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08/20/2024

My attempt at pairing on a live will hopefully be tomorrow. The girls are in a mood today. Think last nights full moon messed with them today 🤔

08/20/2024

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝖋𝖊𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖙𝖊 𝖕𝖍𝖆𝖘𝖊 𝖕𝖍𝖎𝖉𝖎𝖕𝖕𝖚𝖘 𝖗𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖚𝖘.

𝕷𝖊𝖙’𝖘 𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖐 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖙𝖊 𝖕𝖍𝖆𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖗 𝕭𝖆𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖆𝖘 𝖕𝖍𝖎𝖉𝖎𝖕𝖕𝖚𝖘 𝖗𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖚𝖘

Both can be any variation of light to dark tones and some in between.
The true colors of a female are shown at maturity.
I get a ton of messages asking for “a white spider”. Yes that would be wonderful if I could guarantee tones but it’s impossible and we do not adopt out mature females. Jumping spiders do not have morph’s.

At about a Instar 8, some females will begin to present very light to light shades. This can change over the next series of molts until maturity possibly going dark her final molt and or she goes even lighter.
A female showing darker tones at a instar 8 has very high chances of also being very light at maturity.
This can happen at sub adult also.

Drastic or subtle changes happen with each molt in a female’s tones. Often times drastic.
The spood can do a complete 360 the next molt and flip back the following. I’ve seen very few stay the same in tones from i8 to maturity.
We feel this is such a cool trait and a big part of the reason I breed these species. A new spider in looks each molt.

A recessive male will look almost identical to a very light female around i7 or i8. You can’t count on chel colors to determine s*x as I’ve seen green go purple and purple go blue.
𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑 𝖐𝖎𝖈𝖐𝖊𝖗 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖆 𝖋𝖊𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖇𝖔𝖙𝖍 𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖔𝖗 𝖇𝖑𝖚𝖊 𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖔 🤯
We have had a few blue chel and green chel female white phases.
A recessive male cannot be gendered until s*x organs begin to form. All males that carry the recessive gene, will turn dark grey or black by maturity.

𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕡𝕙𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕩 𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞.

Many of these lineages show a rose gold to army green on angles color chel before s*x organs begin to form. Chel colors do NOT determine gender and can change as the spood sheds their entire exoskeleton including the outer chel which is where the pigment is.
I can however guarantee a happy, healthy, loved and friendly jumper from us that has been handled many times.

As a parent of these lineages, you have to be ok with the element of surprise. I cannot tell you that your female will be light or dark at maturity.
Both to me and all the in between are beautiful.
I can however guarantee a happy, healthy, loved and friendly jumper from us that has been handled many times.

𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕗𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕪

𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖔𝖜 𝖆𝖗𝖊 3 𝖊𝖝𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖑𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕾𝖕𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝕺𝖉𝖉𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖋𝖊𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖘.
Credit in photos: Heather Chan Hallie Moss Corissa Vantassel Thank you guys xx Hallie’s banshee ghostling matured at i9 🖤

08/18/2024

Let’s aim for Tuesday in attempted pairing live here on page. This should be interesting 🤪

08/16/2024

Go check out our friend over at Venomdolls! One of a kind work. Ya won’t be disappointed 🖤🕷️

*Boop*

08/14/2024

Unboxing my first Fartalis
Thank you Melissa Spooderhood Spiders! She is fantastic

08/13/2024

I believe we are back on track with messenger 🤞
Thank you for your patience and understanding the last 48 hours

08/10/2024

Added this to one of my Facebook groups and felt I should also add here to the FB page 🖤
This was discussed via message with a customer and brought up a great point that I will be adding to my care guide found in our main group.

When taking into account the size of an enclosure, you need to consider both overall usable space both inside and overall dimensions.
Although you may use substrate and it removes an inch or two of usable space within, it still is the same height.
Hope that makes sense???

Example: A tarantula cribs 4x4x6 using an inch or two of substrate, still is 6 inches tall overall in height from the ground. The usable space inside smaller but it’s still the factor of overall size per stage of life in enclosure sizes.
To a jumper, height is a huge factor as they spend most of their time on the top 30%.

A inch to us no big deal but to a captive bred jumper it can be a make it or break so to speak in thriving.
Thriving is a spood being active, finding feeders easily, not sitting in a hammock all the time between molting. Overall a happy spood. A happy Spood Oddities spood will want to come out and play. I work very hard with each in handling.
Not thriving can be sitting in a hammock all the time, almost frozen is a term used when the spood just sits there, not finding feeders easily, doesn’t want to interact with you.
I’m here to help however I can with my Spoods before and after a ad0ption 🖤
Detailed information can be found in my group. L1nk under feature section here on FB page.

08/10/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Kyle Jantoc, Jennifer Snider, Kathy Rodriguez, Athena Swift, Peter Paredes Marquez, Rob Krow, Andrei H Panek, Bella Krause, Sara Czukal McBride, Rebecca Prosper, Jane Williams, Amanda Sturdivant, Angela Avina, Georgia Carroll, Colleen Castillo, Debbie Fagerland, Jennifer Silva Suttle, Anne Uhh, Connie L. Rogers, Libby Pineapple, April Claire Lamb, Alexa Henning, Martin Biechl, Jessica Noble, Joanna Claussen, Emma O'Regan

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community,

08/03/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Kyle Jantoc, Jennifer Snider, Kathy Rodriguez, Athena Swift, Peter Paredes Marquez, Rob Krow, Andrei H Panek, Sara Czukal McBride, Rebecca Prosper, Jane Williams, Amanda Sturdivant, Angela Avina, Georgia Carroll, Colleen Castillo, Debbie Fagerland, Jennifer Silva Suttle, Anne Uhh, Libby Pineapple, Alexa Henning, Martin Biechl, John Mitchell, Joanna Claussen, Emma O'Regan

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community,

08/02/2024

I have what may seem like a strange question.
I need help on this bad and fast.

Does anyone have an enclosure 4x4x4, preferably dura mesh or tight mesh grommet style that has a good amount of silk and a good hammock made you are willing to s3ll me?

In return on top of paY1ng for, you will be guaranteed a baby if this mom lays.
Time is of the essence regarding this.
I apologize for being so vague but for now, I have to.

Sh0p that makes my preferred blank is Big Fat Phids but I’m more than happy to take any that fits in what I need.
I don’t care about what decor is.
Example of what I mean 👇👇👇

Can’t be over 4x4x4 and I need the grommet style with dura or tight mesh.
Please message if you do. Tia

07/26/2024

I feel like this millstone should be celebrated 🎉
When we get to 10k followers, I will be doing a g1veAwAY.
I will figure out how to run this differently as the last was a mess. I did my best to make up for it with credits on future spoods of ours in my last Spoodaffle as a surprise after.