About Arachnamoria
Arachnamoria is technically a small business, but in reality it is my passion hobby set up to fund my massive jumping spider addiction. When buying from Arachnamoria you will be supporting a small business and quality breeding.
I adore every one of my spiders, and helping share that love with new keepers and other spider addicts is what I love to do.
I only breed a few pairs at a time, making sure that they will produce happy healthy babies who I can rehome.
My spiders are UK bred, from captive UK parents, and sold at a safe age where the natural die-off has significantly decreased to help keepers enjoy their spiders. I take pride in what I do, and make sure that the spiders always come first.
Every spider I own, including all babies bred, are not stock or profit; they are my pets, each and every one of them. I love them dearly and raise the tiny slings with the same love I do the ones I plan to keep (which is alot). Some may think "If they aren't stock why charge for them at all?" I charge fair prices for my care and time, having a price also ensures that keepers thinking of getting a spider consider the costs and care involved before purchasing. They are little living creatures with bundles of personality, for this reason I won't ever offer discounts on them. Even the insects I keep to feed my spiders are kept as if they were pets. Plenty of food, and the right care is not only good for them, but will also ensure my spiders have a healthy and nutritious diet.
All of my spiders are free from parasites and regularly treated to prevent mites. They are regularly handled (I don't get a choice in the matter most days) but they will need time to get used to your scent and timbre of your voice. I raise the babies in much bigger pots than the typical sling tubes and this gives them room to explore, make web hammocks and great hunting practice. They are fed and misted once a day and are never 'power fed' to grow bigger faster, they are allowed to grow in their own natural way. If I cannot guarentee the locale of a spider I will always refer to them as Phidippus Regius to avoid breeding issues, and offer a breeding line card in their order in case of future pairings. I don't sell sub-adult or mature spiders as they are my much loved pets.
If you choose to buy from Arachnamoria you will have live arrival cover should the very rare but heartbreaking event of a spider not making the journey occur and for the first 24 hours in your care.
I will be on hand to offer getting started help, and aftercare help to new and veteran keepers throughout the life of your spider.
Sian:
The Spider Wrangler
"But I don't want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can't help that,” said the Cat: “we're all mad here"
- Lewis Carroll
As you can probably tell from some of the photographs on this site, my husband is a talented and avid photographer, so when he started to get into macro photography I wasn’t surprised that he thought a jumping spider would be great to snap, and even a great pet for our family. Our son has a love of entomology, and our daughter, like myself has a hefty dose of arachnophobia so perhaps it would do us all good
I had greatly underestimated the spell of these little critters. With the arrival of our first spider I was fascinated; his little face, leg waving and inquisitive nature had me spellbound. I soon took full control of this new addition and found myself watching him spooder around his enclosure.
When it came to the day for the photography I was nervous of handling a spider; what if as soon as it jumped on me I flung the poor thing across the room?
I didn’t, in fact his little movements had me so captivated I didn’t want to put him away.
It was from there that it all just escalated. One spider became three. Three became five and then somehow there were 13 little spiders I adored. Each one with a little personality unique to them and watching me back with equal fascination.
With studying my for my English literature degree I had access to lots of academic papers so I devoured every bit of knowledge I could find on them; zoological studies, university field studies, and long term keepers and breeders blogs. I wanted to be sure I was giving them the very best care they deserved. After a lot of thought (and another 10 spiders) it was time to take the next step into breeding as I couldn't bare not to have my pets live on in some way.
Thing is having the offspring of my spiders means also having up to 600 brothers and sisters too, so this is why I created my little hobby job. With oodles of experience, knowledge and know-how I was well equipped to bring other keepers loved, healthy spiders, who will have them spellbound in a state I like to call Arachnamoria
Arachnamoria is now home to over 60 pet jumping spiders, so far all with Trekkie inspired names, and 12 tarantulas. I am also a keen observer of wild Salticidae here and overseas, as well as being a member of the British Arachnological Society. Not bad for a former arachnophobe.
My advice to new keepers is to 'get a bigger shelf' because jumping spiders are adorably addictive
