It's been a while since the last entry. Sunny molted again on the 16th of July and is now (assumably) an adult! She was always kinda careless about what I'm doing but recently she started to stalk every single move I make. Like, literally. I gave her wild caught flies 2 times due to lack of food (and her refusing the stuff I had available) and this behaviour started occuring after these meals. Could be a coincidence or something else. She also started biting and jumping everywhere when I get close to her. And I'm honest, I don't know if I'm handling her again any time soon, at least not in this state. I'm pretty sure she would accidentally bite me lol
She's otherwise doing great, just very alert.
After her molt, Sunny moved into the big enclosure now! She's always exploring, active and adjusting nicely
She's a picky eater. I've tried a few things now and she only likes big flies, nothing else. I ordered new food today so see can eat again. Two different fly species. Hope she likes them.
Sunny is doing wonderfully. She's always active and curious. I see her jumping around on occation. She has eaten two flies since my last update.
I noticed she has difficulty hunting. Or moreso needs quite a bit of action for her to jump on her prey. She ate her first fly at night, and the second time late evening. She seems to prefer nighttime for her food (I can relate LOL). I make sure to leave her alone as much as possible. Whenever I got close to her enclosure, she freezes. Hopefully I can build more trust in the future. I'd love if she comes out of her enclosure when I wanna take her out or feed her.
Lille Sunny arrived! She's so sweet and jumpy. It took her a little while to come out of her tube, but she eventually made it on my hands & into her enclosure!
She can surf the waves!!
Phidippus Regius "Apalachicola", female jumpingspider! Adopted: 06.05.2025 at 5-6i
Instar = amount of times the spider grew out of her old exoskeleton
Always in my heart.../ Skykristal