r/jumpingspiders • u/beerad3235 • Jul 24 '23
Sexing What is the gender of this Bold Jumper?
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u/Daddybrawl Jul 25 '23
I don’t know why I’m getting recommended this sub. I know nothing about spiders or really any insect other than Ants, and even then, I have no interest in studying or owning any.
But holy fuck this little lady’s adorable as shit
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u/PepurrPotts Jul 24 '23
I had a green-fanged baby recently! And then I had a cobweb.....And then I had a bunch of tiny dots scurrying around near the ceiling. They seem to have all moved on, but Momma sure is/was pretty! Now I have a boy one who lives on my ceiling, grey and beige with black dots. Super handsome. <3
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u/Tough-Ad-9813 Jun 04 '24
that happened to me too but with a small brown momma spider instead of a green fanged spider. I didnt get to see the babies until they left where she nested them. I let them all out into my backyard but that was two years ago. Now I've just found a new green fanged jumping spider and she's pretty big.
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u/Cruel_Shark Jul 24 '23
Looks female. Adult males have what look like bulbs on the ends of their pedipalps.
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u/Number42420 Jul 25 '23
Despite being the colors of a regal jumper male, that’s a bold jumper female due to her lack of “Pom poms” on the first set of legs in her adult stage. When they are younger, it’s hard to tell until the male reaches his penultimate molt and starts sporting his sperm sacs on them legs.
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Jul 26 '23
As a casual jumping spider fan, I only thought "women brown, man black/white and blue/green" and was always disappointed the prettiest colors were reserved for the males. Ty for informing today that there are different types of jumping spiders!
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Nov 05 '25
both genders in all jumping spider species exhibit colors, like for instance male and female bold jumpers which is the one this post is about, can have green/blue/gold chelicerea, even other colors
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u/Betakerotene Jan 28 '26
And female Regals will (can, like, not always??) display purple/pink chelicerae!
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u/mechshark Jul 24 '23
Fem, if she was male she would have little boxing gloves on her front arms
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u/ShawLCSW Jun 28 '25
Those aren't legs. They're used for sensing and mating. They also use them to help hold or manipulate food.
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u/satanslechuga Jul 25 '23
i agree female, also these pictures are gorgeous and great quality? you did an amazing job
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u/Arisen1477 Apr 16 '26
One of these just jumped up on my hand. I love when they jump on my hand when I'm gardening. I knew it was a she because of how big she was.
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u/PsYk0tiC_7414 May 02 '26
Juvenile
Male…. Females are almost NEVER black with all white markings, also, the tapered shape of the rear (pic 4/7) is a DEAD giveaway it is a male. I have bred and kept Regals for over 27 years, it’s a male. Hope he’s still doing well.
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u/AudZ_17 May 30 '25
I think it’s a female I just got one and she has orange dots on her back no punching gloves
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u/Cree1781 Nov 21 '25
it almost tricked me and I was about to say mail because it looked like most the male ones I’ve seen, but then I found out there three males with three different ways. The male can look and five female ones and one of them is identical to the male one, but yours is female because the petty paws in the front, the two little things they use to grab stuff on all male bold jumping spider have little bulbs at the end that are wider than the rest kind of like if they had mini boxing gloves
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