The Fruit Fly Store

11/11/2024

Don't forget you can now subscribe to get a notification when out of stock items are available again. Look for the neon button on any sold out item!

11/10/2024

these are so cool!! Great addition to your keys! Get you some!!

11/09/2024

go see Sarah's Silk Spinners and get some awesome enclosures while helping out a wonderful person!! Let’s make a difference!!

11/08/2024

Check it out! Another price drop on supplies! $6.00 for 10-32oz deli cups and vented insect lids! I have split the 2 items up into their own listing as some people only need cups and some only need lids. I will also be adding Confused Flour Beetles to the availability and smaller deli cups and perforated lids!

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11/08/2024

Shopify finally fixed the backend issue with shipping and I am now able to get the free shipping back in order. There is also a bundles page now, showing all the bundles available. So far, in testing, adding the products individually will trigger free shipping with any fly or 6 culture kit purchase. Free combined shipping does not apply to Cup and Lid purchases, Repashy Tubs or the 40oz tumblers but everything else is part of the discount.

Spood Food

11/07/2024

This is Violet. She molted this morning into a winged beauty!

11/07/2024

So I was thinking (I know, bad idea) about when I first became a parent of dart frogs, that basically only eat fruit flies. Yes you can feed
Crickets but fruit flies are the main staple, IMO. Anyway, I was thinking about what would happen if my the local pet shop was out of flies or didn’t have producing flies? What could I use as a backup source? I hated keeping crickets when I had beardies. I would need an ample supply of something small they could eat. I read on some boards that you could use the confused flour beetle larvae as feeders
For the frogs. I know they eat the clean up crew of springtails but that didn’t seem like enough. So, I read up on CFBL culturing and started one in a 6 qt box. I forgot all about it for about a year. When I finally remembered, i figured they would be all dead. Nope. There were a ton of them all over the place. I gave them to the frogs and they actually ate them. I knew the beetles give off a stink when threatened and not many animals will eat them. I tried those too. The frogs got em it 3 out of 5 frogs spit them back out. Only 2 of the frogs ate the beetles. So now that I am a spood parent I wonder, how many of you that feed flies to your spoods have a backup food source that is not “run to petco and get whatever flies they have that are still alive” ? How many of you have CFBL as a backup?

11/06/2024

This is 💯 on point.

11/06/2024

I loooove the colors Jane Doe is sporting! Thanks again Heather’s Hideaways LLC for sending me this beauty!!

11/05/2024

Ok I want one! Who has them?!

Not my photo
Not my spider
But Oh my, I want one!!! Not to breed, to keep.
Nikites

11/02/2024

Back In Stock Notifications now available on the website! Click an out of stock item and you will see a button below that where you can subscribe to get an email when the items are back in stock!

11/01/2024

Wow! These prices are outstanding for all you get! Perfect way to start your spood journey if you’re on the fence! Go get some!!

❌SOLD OUT❌

💫UPDATE! 🍊 FLORIDA SPOOD PARENTS! 🍊I can do this offer for $100 if you’re in the state of Florida!💫

Offering until Sunday, 11/3!

With the days starting to get a little chilly for some people, I wanted to offer a special bundle that includes OVERNIGHT 🚢ing!

This is perfect for anyone living somewhere already getting cold, or for anyone far away from me here in Florida, where overnight 🚢 alone has been costing some people $90!

🚢 day will be 11/5 for delivery on 11/6!

This is up to $180 value for just $120!

Add a third spider (my pick) for $20.

Switch to 2-day 🚢 to make the bundle $105 (DM me)

https://kitscritters.com/products/samhain-sale-bundle

11/01/2024

What great information for us newbies to have! If you’re not following Spood Oddities yet, you need to!

Edit:
3 ways to do in comments as 3 different comments.

The change in seasons is amongst many of us, myself included. What does this all mean in relation to captive bred jumping spiders???

Going into my third fall as a captive bred jumping spider parent and second as a captive bred breeder, I want to share what I have experienced.
Molting can slow down and growth of clutches slow down a bit as well in captivity.
The jumpers themselves still sense the change in our homes.
Again this is what I’ve experienced and those I’ve helped in a similar manner.

You may notice premolt is a little longer than normal until the spood also adjusts to new temps in your home.
I live in a state that gets 🥶 and cold fast!
We actually go on winter break Spood Oddities from about mid January through February as overnight shipping isn’t safe to most customers. A case by case scenario.

I use reptile heat pads that have a thermostat attached to monitor temps behind my shelving units.
See comments for the reptile heat pads I use.
The reptile heat pad from a reputable company and pad sits behind enclosures and deli cups with a safe distance from. Never under and never on for jumpers. This is critical to remember.
The pads get warm not hot and you will find your spood pressed against the back of their enclosures and cups.
I provide daily play time holding the jumpers in my hand as they love our body heat. Snug as a bug in a rug on us 🖤
If you need any recommendations on what reptile heat pad to use and or an example of my set up with pads, please let me know.

This is information to keep in mind especially to new jumper parents and or those that have not gone through fall into winter yet.
I have found that in combination with LED lights and reptile heat pads, your jumper will adjust to the changes in seasons. I also use a humidifier in my loft year round but especially cooler months using heat pads. Draws a bit of moisture out of our air in home.
Your hygrometer a year round tool of necessity. Place hygrometer near enclosures. Hygrometers read both humidity percentages and temps in area.
I hope this helps

11/01/2024

Now available in the store: https://spoodfood.com/products/40-oz-straw-tumblers-usps-ground-advantage-free-shipping

Your choice of 4 logos or plain white!

These are 40 oz tumblers, they come with 2 straws and one straw cleaner brush. The have a screw on top and they glow in the dark!! You have the choice of any of the 4 logos These are not stickers, they are UVB DTF transfers that are (supposedly) dishwasher safe. These Tumblers are the perfect way to...

10/31/2024

get in on this contest! Costs nothing but shipping if you win!! Good Luck!!

10/30/2024

if you are on the fence about bioactive enclosures, here’s the perfect solution! Go see Hayley's Jumpers and get your plug and play kit!

This come with instructions on how to put together very nice set up for bioactive for your jumping spider. . Just message me if any questions or if your interested

10/29/2024

Now available on the site - 40 oz Tumblers with free shipping!

These are 40 oz tumblers, they come with 2 straws and one straw cleaner brush. The have a screw on top and they glow in the dark!! You have the choice of any of the 4 logos These are not stickers, they are UVB DTF transfers that are (supposedly) dishwasher safe. These Tumblers are the perfect way to...