First time ever, Jumping spider pairing!

[@TheHowlingWolfHeart]

His little dance of love, I am dying over the cuteness! 😂

[@mustangmckraken1150]

I'm cute, don't kill me! 😂

[@KingOfOmashu]

Jumping spiders are adorable.

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello great video but I didn’t see the male get on top of the female Petcko

[@sarabesmith1768]

Hi. I have seen a few pairings of jumping spiders. When they mate, the. Male get on top of the female facing her back end. Then, he turns over her abdomen to face him. It looks like he is rolling her over but only her abdomen flips. They can go for many seconds. It isn't instant. I have seen them go more than once in an encounter. So, I don't think your spiders actually mated since the male never got into position on top of the female. There are good videos of this on KZbin. I suggest you check them out. That said, I love your videos! I have followed you for a few years now. I used to be severely arachnophobic. Your videos helped me heal from that. I love your accent, too! Congratulations on your new family life. Be well.

[@calliew311]

I wrote the same thing. I'm surprised he didn't look one up while he said he was watching videos for 30 mins when the male was in the substrate. The pairings I've seen the Male meets her perpendicularly, like a capital letter T when he lifts up her abdomen.

[@indigomoon4991]

Me too I should've looked past the first couple of comments. Hopefully, he'll be giving us another repairing video really soon. Cus, I can't wait for babies jumpers. They are adorable 😍

[@EricWofford]

I expected him to at least research it. But yea hopefully next time he will know alil more about it

[@calliew311]

@@indigomoon4991 I have approx 80 right now and a second clutch in the sac now. They are so tiny!

[@indigomoon4991]

@calliew311 awesome, congratulations, too! You must be a good spooder mama! They're doing what they're meant too. Multiplying

[@kristiannolasco8451]

For future reference petko if you do try to breed them again make sure both male and females are well fed right before hand to avoid any incidents.

[@narutov4]

Jumping spider's courtship with dancing over killing their mate. They are very social creatures too!

[@The_Unborn_Soul]

Tarantula Kat in for the jumping spider guru wisdom 🙌🏻😂 Queen.

[@raerakzgaming]

Speaking of ants.....do you have an ant mimicking spider??? Thatd be a cool addition.

[@aphiliarachno]

I press thumbs for success. But she didn't eat him, that is very relieving. Cuties!

[@MANNY100123]

I remember watching a documentary and I remember the male jumping spiders do that little dance! Awesome! xD

[@raerakzgaming]

The moment Sid touched her enclosure...it's like when gollum took frodo and Sam to the wraith castle 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂💀 The green light shooting out the castle 💀THAT.... that is why he ran He heard you read that description and went "NOPE!✌🏽" 🤣😂😂

[@senga21lisa]

I don't think they did the deed, jumping spiders mate differently to other spiders, the male should mount the female, his head on her abdomen and he would turn her abdomen to the side and penetrate from there, usually going in from both sides with stamina 😂. They were still doing the mating dance and never got to the actual deed itself. 😢

[@PegzieBean]

Yesss this

[@calliew311]

I said the same thing. While the male was in the dirt, he could've looked up some mating vids.

[@indigomoon4991]

Right? At first, when he called tarantula kat I thought she'd say. But I guess she assumed he knew. Really wish , in that 30 min he'd have watched one of her jumper pairing videos...

[@senga21lisa]

@@indigomoon4991 or anyone's jumper pairing videos lol

[@giselasarmiento4432]

What a beautiful dance! Great background music for their dance too!

[@Myriamele]

The music was perfect, they looked like they were doing the tango :D

[@GrumpyKay]

Lol Sid and Nancy! What a pair those two were. Glad this didnt end like the real couple did.

[@thenightscythe2030]

Just a thought on the Balfouri slings.... Add a Small amount of web from their original enclosure.... It should help "promote" them to web up a little bit...... But it might be better to get their Larger enclosure ready now, so you can get a Proper Web Castle when they do start webbing

[@sofiah6997]

I remember when I found your channel I was looking for care on jumping spiders, and your videos on little Kiwi (Rest In Peace) helped me to be the jumping spider care provider I am today! Thank you for this video on more jumping spiders!!! Very informational, very interesting

[@joebauer2768]

Awesome! Thx for the video. One thing: Messor species need, and will eat animal protein, especially when they're raising the larvae.

[@albytross8681]

You may want to cover the vents of that enclosure, baby jumping spiders are like the size of springtails hahah

[@YouniqueArt77]

Hello Petko. I am a huge fan of your videos!! I have been breeding regals for years, and unfortunately, yours did not pair. Usually, when the male does his dance; and if the female is ready, she won't move at all and let him do his thing. It's almost like a trance that she's in. And it's definitely not just a second. It'll take a few minutes . And I would usually just have them both out of their houses in an open space. Then they see each other right away, do the dance trance, and get er' done. Then I put them back. And you could tell that she didn't want to pair yet because she was trying to get away from him. So you'll just have to try another time. I don't have any jumpers myself right now because my last male lived over a year and a half and then passed away. Unfortunately, because my husband has stage 4 colon cancer and is on hospice, I haven't had much time to see about getting a couple of new babies. But right now, I do have 3 tarantulas. I have a curly hair ( which I have a couple of videos on my channel), a pink toe, and a Hati Hati sling. But if you ever have any questions, feel free to get in touch. I'm also an artist and have made some designs you might like. Just let me know. Take care!!

[@joannegalway1226]

Hi Petko 💙🕷️ How wonderful to witness a jumping spider pairing. 🤞🕷️looking forward to seeing the wee babies 💚🕷️xx

[@senga21lisa]

They didn't mate so there won't be any babies. Jumping spiders are not the same as other spiders, they go missionary 69 🤣 male on top

[@leopardgeckotalk]

Sid has some impressive moves 😂

[@themantisgarden]

Lmao, Sid and Nancy. I don't think he's so vicious 😆

[@rosapalomino]

You live, you learn. Hopefully she might like him better next time. Also try earlier in the day. My jumpers are usually in bed by 7pm.

[@effy_kujo]

Idk why, but that's so cute 😂

[@kevinpoe8137]

While Messor can live off of seeds, they do still require some protein

[@peturrojo]

I keep messor ants, and they do eat animal protein. They do not eat sweet liquids, they got their carbs from seeds, but they need insects to develop larvae.

[@AbyssalSchmitt]

His beautiful green blue yellow mustache was to much for her

[@littlenikki9539]

Awe congratulations Petko their dance was beautiful and so was your reaction, you are a pure person and I love you for that ✌️➕💙🐋🕷️

[@ItIsWhatItIs8120]

The jumping spider tango ..... 🌹

[@marjoleinvnoort6961]

My son had a ant farm, but he said the nest with the queen needs to be kept dark. It was so cool to see, until some escape. I had to catch the soldier ants those are big. It’s really interesting to see a colony grow. Love your video and those jumping spiders are so cute 😊

[@headrockbeats]

The dancing is just precious.

[@the_vietcong_man_]

I had forgotten about the forbidden ant incident ngl

[@silasstingy4700]

oh my his wee dance lol.these are my absolute favourites they are just so cute x i hope you get lots of babies x

[@jakallen666]

Mate i love you videos, you make me laugh, you're hilarious dude.

[@jaungiga]

Lol, Kat got jokes

[@AustralianAntKingdom]

Lovely to see a ant colony on the channel hahah!!

[@beckyjo8745]

The ONLY spider I like lol jumping spiders are so cute!!!

[@indigomoon4991]

The common name is the Brazilian jewel. They're dwarf trap door tarantulas and are the most girly gorgeous spider I've ever seen, for sure. Dave's beasties have a good video catching slings from their mama's trapdoor nest. They're like the peacock of the spider world. Except for Australia's peacock jumping spiders, of course. They're beautiful to when they're dancing, at least.

[@kristiannolasco8451]

Unfortunately I don't think the did anything usually the male will crawl on tip of the female flip her abdomen on the side and he will insert that way believe me you will be able to tell I've noticed jumping spiders take forever

[@frogprincess412]

Nancy's chelicerae is so gorgeous. Jumping spiders are so awesome. Hope their pairing worked out and we will see babies soon!

[@richardbriansmith8562]

Awesome Video dark den

[@thenightscythe2030]

You still need to make shirts with "Come on , Focus." With just a Camera in the Middle...lol

[@tammybarrett13]

He is so adorable

[@BUGSMETROPOLISOFFICIALYT]

Glad I joined the live last night! I love the jumping spiders!

[@casitube22]

I like his accent too lol and how he says riduncus is so funny to me but that's how I say it too. Listening to PETKO say the genius and species over the years I've just naturally picked up the accent when saying the names of tarantulas. PETKO was the first channel I watched when I started watching animal videos so I learned to pronounce the names with a croation accent😂 when I hear Europeans or americans say the names it sounds odd to me and I'm an American lol

[@leesreptilesandaquatics6368]

I got 3 jumping spiders and they are to cute

[@effy_kujo]

Maybe the balfouri slings need more substrate to burrow if they don't seem to want to web & just huddle in corners on top of each other? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@TheMrtalon28]

Every Monday I look forward to your videos while I'm on lunch break. So thank you brother

[@unstablegenius7808]

Great video!

[@marywallace3620]

both of those spiders were realy beautiful :) thanks for sharing them and I hope their mating was a success!

[@astrogumbie2399]

This is a Mating dance that Jumping spiders do and if the female finds him attractive she will let him in but it can last much longer then this as you noticed at the end the male was still trying to display to the female as she climb the black cloth, I would renter duce them to see if she reacts better to me didn't see a good reach but I could be wrong.

[@benmicek6829]

At least it was better than Sundays

[@gen_z_boyy6150]

Awesome petko happy for you hoping to see baby jumpers in a few videos keep up the awesome work

[@catrinalopes5723]

I have seen jumping spiders mate and the male usually twists the female into a pose that resembles a yoga pose I don’t think anything happened try it again put them both on top of the enclosure together

[@caughtafaygo]

Good luck friend! I hope it went well that was exciting!

[@woleesheet]

So cool

[@ChantalsCritters]

Great video

[@JELLYSKA]

Last night I got here to the carnage so I'm happy to see how this pairing turned out more....fortunate :D Hope there two cook up something good. I've been planning on getting a jumpy for quite some time now so I'm looking forward the babies if you still have some by the next terraplaza! ps. love to see that the plants took the ride well 😺 Looking forward to the next vid!

[@mariestubbs4606]

Great vid Petko fingers crossed for a successful pairing

[@calliew311]

They don't pair like tarantulas. So, nothing happened. He goes in sideways and pulls up her abdomen from the side, not the front.

[@LeeLeestsandspoods]

Hi petko I paired my regals and. Put them in a small separate enclosure so they can see each other better no one got eaten and the females abdomen was turned and they were backwards she drummed alittle he peacocked and all looked good be I found in a empty separate enclosure 🥰 i know u usually use the females place but think jumpers may be different to that rule 😊

[@geraldlewis4027]

Amazing live yesterday!!

[@exotarantulas1953]

okay okay thank u kat "D

[@lelmeria]

Give this man a bigger enclosure! he deserves it esp. if he was successful

[@calliew311]

He wasn't successful but still deserves a bigger enclosure for sure!

[@lelmeria]

​@@calliew311 Oh No :( How come? Didn't he finished his job? (at least he didnt get eaten tho i guess)

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

What a great moment for your lair.

[@shaunacorrigan9372]

I love a jumping spider mating dance!! Hopefully we get to see another one soon, cuz this one didn't seem very successful😅

[@animeaunty]

Im trying to figure out why Petko didnt film from the top, thru the glass to c their coupling from their undersides 🤔 That would have been SUPER footage 🤷👍

[@mizzstrawberry_]

Too darn cute

[@tammybarrett13]

Love your content.

[@esmeraldathepinkpoodle2481]

Every male is different 🤣 nice one Kat

[@themsdwallace]

Male jumpers kinda Dance for the ladies, it is so cute.

[@Christinas_creatures]

I'm so jealous over the huntsman! I want one of them so much but they're so expensive here

[@GGM_Grievous0030]

The jumping or a peacock spider, the male's job is to dance and look pretty for the female. If the female approves then they mate, if not, then yeah, the male is her next meal. The male needs to do a really good performance to satisfy the female.

[@screaper2717]

🍀🕺💃🍀 that was hilarious, hopefully it was a success.

[@kristenerwin2518]

🤞🤞🤞

[@TundeEszlari]

I love your videos.

[@casitube22]

I thought they mate different than tarantulas! The make regius kinda mounts the female and they're both facing the same way! That's the only way I've ever seen jumping spiders mate, so am I clueless over is PETKO clueless!!!! Let me know lol

[@kinglyzard]

@ 2:00 You got the wrong type of lid for a Jumping Spider enclosure. It should open from the front or have a raised lid so you dont wreck his nest every time you open the lid. (Silly ungrateful spider!😅)

[@71janas]

Crossing fingers🙏

[@michellemorningstar880]

OMG This was epic my girl jade laid another clutch of eggs her first batch hatch so i have babies so cute now more again thanks so very much Petko epic

[@calliew311]

My jumper's babies recently left the nest, now they are in small communals, with about 5 to a small condiment cup. Mine had just under 100, how many did yours have in the first sac? My girl's second sac should be hatching any time, or did hatch and I just can't see them yet.

[@fudganuld]

So funny...Ha !!

[@robinferdinandsen7122]

complaining over the darkness in "The Dark Den"... maybe you should've named it "The Well Lit Den" 😆😛 sry dad joke... that was amazing. i love how he raised his frontlegs. so fun to se a different approach from tarantulas 🤩

[@TeresaPerez-yl5us]

OH MY GOSH IM EARLY!!! Hi petko!!!!💕💕

[@JaMarisArchive]

Hey! Ive been watching for 4 years now and ive wondered, have you ever came to finding a green tree monitor?

[@luisamartina9711]

My female jumper passed away today 😔 I had her for a year I think it was a bad molt

[@candyscott489]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@y.a100]

lets go

[@BethyKateM]

Unfortunately it didn’t happen. He should’ve gotten her to the point where she was tame enough to not be moving and he then would have lifted her abdomen so that he can insert his pedipalps into her. Typically for me in my past with pairing jumpers, it last at least 3 minutes of constant pumping.

[@TheScania1991]

Forbidden ants😂

[@TheKisame808]

does that say "Goloba"?

[@I-hate-youtube797]

4:06 Him hiding trying to escape like her KNOWS what’s in store for him 😂

[@effy_kujo]

Update please 🙏🏻

[@maryjodennis5688]

Forbidden ants! Seriously! See nature is awesome. The have different habitats then from others?

[@spiderrico250]

My Phiddipus audax dropped two eggsacs when i paired her, dont know if regius does that too?

[@jimmystancliff2843]

Get some bulletants

[@barbhelle5481]

Hoping for babies.

[@patchofthebottom]

Can we pleeeaseee get those DarkDen formicariums? There is such a short supply in Europe, it would be amazing!

[@calliew311]

What's a formicarium, if you don't mind me asking. I'm from the states, so pardon my ignorance on that word.

[@patchofthebottom]

@@calliew311 no problem. Its a special type of enclosure for keeping ants:) you can look it up. They have to be made in a certain way and made completely escape proof for the ants, so its kinda hard to make them yourself.

[@TimbalsArchive]

How exactly do you determine when they're "matured" I know the color, pedipalps, and dot under abdomen are indicators but are they any more blatantly obvious indicators to look for before trying to pair jumping spiders?

[@UncleBurntApostrophe]

FYI: shouldn’t ‘forbidden’ ant, be pronounced Neye-Jhuh (not the slur pronunciation)?

[@calliew311]

He answered this like a year ago or so, he said no, it's Latin and the way he pronounced it is correct. He even had a video taken down due to it sounding like the slur. He even told KZbin it was a Latin word, what else was he to do. I think it even happened on a 2nd video, but that time they put it back up and for a long time he didn't say the word.

[@UncleBurntApostrophe]

@@calliew311 hey, merely a suggestion..Niger the country is pronounced that way, and, in English at least, one consonant like that, is typically pronounced thst way, also (were as digger, would be pronounced the other!) At the very least, to pronounce it as I suggested would provide a workaround…but hey, he’s obviously free to proceed as he sees fit

[@zebedeemadness2672]

@@calliew311 It can be pronounce with a hard G, or a soft g, it just that in Petko's country it's pronounced with a hard G, pushing it the sound similar to the slur, not quite but KZbin doesn't like it. Sometimes you have to adapt, so why not just adopt the typical British, American, French etc pronunciation.

[@calliew311]

@@zebedeemadness2672 can Latin be pronounced differently and still be correct? Because other languages that doesn't work. For example, the words Nevada, Los Angeles, etc are all Spanish words. We pronounce them the way we want, but technically that's not correct. So, just because you can doesn't make it right, I'm not saying that about your comment because idk that much about Latin. Maybe in Latin the vowels can have different sounds. But Spanish, a close relative of Latin, doesn't have those differences. The letter I is pronounced the way we (English speakers) say the letter "E". I'll have to look it up. That's interesting.

[@zebedeemadness2672]

@@calliew311 If there's variations, there's variations and with Niger there's many pronunciations depending on the country.

[@piv9976]

Do you think you will ever get a Typhochlaena seladonia? they are so beautiful AND a trapdoor spider 😍

[@giorgiannpinzon505]

He already got the typho in the past. 2 times. They died too fast and he gave up. Understandable given how expensive they are

[@piv9976]

@@giorgiannpinzon505 did he get slings or adult animals?

[@calliew311]

​​@@piv9976t's not easy to get adults. Both times were slings. They are just so tiny and we don't know enough about their husbandry, or we wouldn't see so many T seladonia deaths.

[@piv9976]

@@calliew311 yeah true they are a pretty newly discovered species right? I've heard the tricky part is getting the humidity right when they are slings. It's a shame really , because they are probably the most beautiful tarantula I've ever seen. But who knows maybe one day he'll have one in the collection once there's more info on them

[@indigomoon4991]

That does suck. Especially since Brazil stopped letting them out of the country. We gotta figure out how to keep the ones that got out alive. An keep the slings healthy and alive to maturity. Otherwise, we'll only have the videos 😪

[@TJ1.0]

Keep it up Petko 🙂 well done! And I was first comment (:

[@IthrielAA]

They didn't mate

[@kyrichase3312]

I have a video of a successful pairing if you would like me to send it 🙂