QUOTE(Mangrovejumper @ Aug 23 2008, 09:40 PM)
Telamonia males are black, very different in colour than the females, just like the Bavia aericeps.
I am very impressed with Jess' blog. I didn't go back to the posts last year, but I learned something just by reading them...the behavioural differences between males and females, how slings/bubs die inexplicably, genetic differences even from the same batch of eggs. She even has the setup like yours, but with fake green plants rather than blue plastic cards.
The best thing is, after looking at the Hyllus diardi pictures, I can positively confirm that the white/grey jumper I saw many years ago was of the same type. It was one of the two biggest spiders I've seen. The body length was probably over 1 inch/2.5cm long. And she did move very slowly, just like what Jess described.
As far as leaf size goes, I have a feeling it's more of a belief rather than a fact that larger leaves house larger FS. I think as long as the leaves are of sufficient size, it will have FS of all sizes. The habitat does influence the colour of the FS, natural camouflage of the surroundings. I agree the the colour isn't really a good indicator of a good fighter. Regardless of colour, chops rank right at the top for their fighting skills.
I am now keeping two slings. They're house spiders so it's nothing interesting to look at, but they're the only jumping spiders that I can find here. I'm going to document how long they live and how many times they moult. It's been a chore finding insects small enough for the tiny one. Even the smallest aphids are too thick skinned. It would try to pounce on one, then bounce off because the fangs are too small.
Food for the sling, we are aided by a bird farm in Singapore. They sells "pinheads". Very small sized crickets for the slings.
Added on August 25, 2008, 9:05 amQUOTE(mindstorm @ Aug 23 2008, 12:46 PM)
Yeah, i guess u're right.
Wow, i just found out today that ur Goliath is the male of Hyllus Diardi? I read ur intro to Jess in her forum under 'Bleeps'(all along I was wondering wat the hell was that but didn't click on it, until just now...gees internet springs up all sorts of vocab) and she was insisting Goliath is the male. Till now, I'm pretty surprise and amazed by the differences btw the sexes of jumpers. It means so many times i have caught jumpers but had no clue one was just the opposite sex of another. Same goes for ur Telemonia. Some of them like Thiania can easily be identified, but some of them are so different. Maybe compling a side by side photos of males and females jumpers will proof to be very informative.
It means this little fella I fed milk to was a young male H.Diardi. I have let him go since.
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Now i know at least one hunting place for them.
Was the newcomer same size as Mina?
Man, your spideys seems to be feeding on one another!
Those two pics of are the male of the Hyllus semicupreus. The newcomer is the same size as Mina, I have another female, slightly bigger than Mina, but this time, I won't make them fight again....
This post has been edited by centaurfly: Aug 25 2008, 09:05 AM 
Aug 3 2008, 02:06 PM
Its really huge and I think it maybe the biggest species found in Singapore.
Faced any male or female FS also run.... 
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. Anyway on the subject of raising jumpers, this i must say...Best in Singapore and the whole world! Haven't seen anything quite like it!
And will be able to probably estimate the lifespan of the FS. 
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