This is one of my pet Thania bhamoensis, which I call Jabber. Its a male Fighting-Spider which many Singaporean school boys used to keep as pets in the past.
Not all spiders can stand to be handled by human, most jump off as soon as you put it on your hand. Thania bhamoensis is, however, quite docile and tame once it get used to you.
Keeping these fellows as pets is not that difficult. You just need to provide them a few leaves (preferably leaves with no bristles on it) in their containers, so they can use them as their home. I use leaves from spider-lily. They bind the leaves together with rivet like web. Fresh leaves are provided periodically.
They prefer live insects, such as small fruit flies, moths, winged ants, plant hoppers , etc as food. You can sometime fool them by dropping dead insects right in front of them though. These species also prefer prey not bigger than them. I have yet to see one grabbing damselflies, like the mopsus Mormon.
Thania needs fresh water everyday. I use eye-dropper to provide them the life-saving water they need.
Not all spiders can stand to be handled by human, most jump off as soon as you put it on your hand. Thania bhamoensis is, however, quite docile and tame once it get used to you.
Keeping these fellows as pets is not that difficult. You just need to provide them a few leaves (preferably leaves with no bristles on it) in their containers, so they can use them as their home. I use leaves from spider-lily. They bind the leaves together with rivet like web. Fresh leaves are provided periodically.
They prefer live insects, such as small fruit flies, moths, winged ants, plant hoppers , etc as food. You can sometime fool them by dropping dead insects right in front of them though. These species also prefer prey not bigger than them. I have yet to see one grabbing damselflies, like the mopsus Mormon.
Thania needs fresh water everyday. I use eye-dropper to provide them the life-saving water they need.
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nice front view!
Hello Dear, I'm a student in China.Could you offer me some life cycle behaviors about jumping spiders of genus Thiania?
Thank you.
Spider has how many eyes? Thanks for your answer.
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