Arachnamoria

05/06/2026

Barrylina says 'Have a great weekend!'
She'll have a peaceful weekend, as I hope to be out doing my bug bothering for Spider Wrangler

04/06/2026

EDIT: All Sold x
Babies online at 6pm!
Conker showing us how to look good, even after clambering through damp moss.
I've been busy cleaning out enclosures, upgrading little spiders to bigger homes, and generally being one with spider p**p. Oh and playing with my camera...obviously
I have also paired Tyga and Budgie, so fingers crossed for lil Jelly-Tots
I am a busy lil Spider Wrangler

03/06/2026

Look at my handsome Barcus!!! He's my cutie-pa-tootie 💚

Did you know that calling a jumping spider a cutie-pa-tootie is one of the signs of a jumping spider addiction?
Other signs include:
-Posties rolling their eyes when they see another package with your address on.
- Purchasing Kallax cube shelves from Ikea
- Not using enclosure name tags so your partner doesn't know you brought a new one
- Having 3 locusts, 98 fruit flies, and a rather clumsy greenbottle free ranging around the house.
-Never having a spare enclosure empty for longer than 8 days
- People actively avoiding asking you about spiders because you will break out your camera roll of 12463 slightly blurry photos of all your spiders.

Do you, or someone you love, show signs of being a jumping spider addict?
If yes, then you are in the right place. I'm not gonna cure you, I just want to remind you that more Mini-Mallows and the first Love-Heart babies go online tomorrow (4th) at 6pm.
See you there, Spider Addicts!!!

02/06/2026

Look who decided to come out to see me today, the tubby mallow!
Barrylina has been busy with infertile eggs, which is fine because being blessed with 218 Mini-Mallows is enough for any spider and/or Spider Wrangler.
I missed her stupid face.
She settled down on the photography background and let me get a few beautiful shots of her. Baz is still as chill as ever, and still so done with my BS 😆
I love my little ✨Starantula✨

01/06/2026

The stunning Minthara my new baby from Tropical Forest spiders with those fruit punch chelicerae. She's the perfect little model for my macro practice... When she sits still of course 😆

On the subject of photography My Silky Spoodies Best Photo Competition, raising money for Cancer Research UK.

30/05/2026

I brought my first Funko Pop.
As my name theme is currently Baldurs Gate 3 and the wider Dungeons and Dragons universe, I had to.
It's Lolth, the Spider Queen.
I couldn't leave without her.
Praise be to Lolth
🕷

29/05/2026

This is a Running Crab spider (Philodromus) and she is just 1cm if you include her legs. They drop down from the oak leaf canopy to hunt among the buttercups (where I was searching for their cousin the Flower Crab spider).
In this photo I managed to capture them shooting out a web line that makes them float, not using the breeze, but using electrostatic! It's called 'balooning'
You can see more of my macro photography journey at
Spider Wrangler

27/05/2026

Barcus is out of moult and looking like his handsome father, Marshbert.

I am looking on starting his Underdark themed enclosure next week.
Very excited about that.

26/05/2026

Right, let's settle something.

If you have a heat mat, and are using it correctly- this means it is attached to a thermostat and sensor - you do not need to turn it off because it won't be on when the enclosure is the correct temperature or warmer.
You can of course turn it off if it makes you feel better. But if it is truly coming on in this weather, and your enclosure is overheating then you may be putting your spider and your home at risk all year round.
A thermostat and sensor acts the same as a central heating thermostat for your home.
Simply put, if you are using a heating set-up correctly, lets say its set to 25°c, and your spider enclosure temp is 25°c or above, your mat will not turn on.

A safe set up is a separate thermostat with sensor and a heat mat. Or a heat mat with a built in sensor and thermostat.
The sensor is the key part, this is what senses the temp of the enclosure and tells the mat to come on or turn off.
If your mat is on and you have a thermostat and sensor it's either:
Not set up correctly
Not the right set up
Not working
Or, for the lucky folk with air con the temp in your enclosure is low enough to trigger it.

Do jumping spiders need heating? Yes, and here is how you can heat their enclosure safely, and make sure your jumping spider has a habitat-first home.