Iconic Invertebrates

This is very quickly becoming a P. regius fan account 😬

I can’t help it though these guys are just so lovely. I was taking a few pics for a customer who is getting this lovely boy for their partner as a Valentine’s Day present. I feel like he’s perfect for it. His chelicerae remind me of a couple precious jewels.

Our little jumpers aren’t so little anymore. They're all growing up so fast!

These P. regius slings are getting closer to juveniles every second. It's amazing how they seem to gain so many more details as they grow. Their chelicerae get more and more vibrant and they gain more and more floof.

We can now clearly see all of their sets of eyes. Jumping spiders as a group all have a common eye setting. They have three fixed secondary pairs and one movable principle pair (that they use for most of their vision). These eyes allow them to see almost 360 degrees around themselves making them both good at hunting down smaller creatures and escaping from much larger species that would try to predate them.

We’ve been a little distant here for a couple months or so, and we’re sorry for that. The global pandemic, or more importantly the isolation of it has caused our already iffy mental health to be impacted. We’re both doing a little better now and hope to be a larger part of the community once again! I don’t think I realised just how much I missed this community until I came bursting back into it a week or two ago.

Hey lovelies!

Unfortunately due to the frost in the coming days, we will be postponing our post till this coming Monday, 11th Jan. Any orders placed since 20th Dec will be posted then. We are really sorry for any inconvenience this causes, but it will ensure your beasties get to you safe and alive.

Hope everyone has been able to start this year as well as they can that you manage to get through this next lockdown okay.

If anyone has any questions, please let us know!

Best,
Theo and Joel