Monday, July 21, 2008

Mina - Hyllus semicupreus

This is my pet female Heavy Jumper (Hyllus semicupreus), which I previously mistook as a Hyllus diardi. I call her Mina (taken from the movie, Bram Stoker's Dracula). She is pretty huge for a jumping spider. I think she looks a lot like a Teddy bear with eight legs!

I found a male common House Jumper (Menemerus bivittatus), dead, lying on the floor outside my house. Decided to try feeding the dead spider to Mina. Usually Jumping spiders don't eat prey that's already dead. I drop the dead guy in front of Mina a few times, and she finally pounced! Here she is with her meal which I "fooled" her to take.

2 comments:

arduino fun said...

You are very smart!I Think you will probably be a good spider handler!

arduino fun said...

You are very smart!I Think you will probably be a good spider handler!