Description
This adorable and very pretty peacock spider found in sandy coastal dunes in SA. They are in season during the winter months, like most peacock spiders. They blend in very well with the sand they live on and are nearly invisible until they jump or move around, dancing and displaying using their fluffy leg brushes on leg III to females.
The beach form is much lighter in colour, often white or light grey though with “black leg warmers”. Some beach individuals can have reddish colours especially on the legs and abdomen.
Care Tips:
This jumper will require sand to thrive. They make a little sand bubble out of their silk that they like to spend most of their time in, sleeping.
Pinhead crickets no larger than the body size of the jumper is recommended for feeding. Although these fellows prefer little fruit flies, they will still eat tiny pinheads. The pinheads need to be true baby crickets as this spider is very small. If you order our teeny crickets with this order, we will ensure that you get “True Pinheads”. Else, please order a fruit fly culture.
Enclosure should have more floor space than wall space (horizontal) as these jumpers prefer to stay on the sand, and will rarely if ever climb to the top of the enclosure. We recommend The Bug Box with a “Beach Boy” Kit or the mini clear view enclosure with white sand, or the Little Bug Box with kit.
Brent T. (verified owner) –
Bug Frenzy is always awesome highly recommended !