Jumping Spiders are part of the Salticidae family. In recent years, they have become a popular domestic pet for those who like to keep exotic and unusual creatures. Jumping Spiders are intelligent and can be great fun to keep as pets. However, be aware that these spiders do bite but only as a defense mechanism, so handle them with care.If you are in a country where Jumping Spiders live in the wild you can, in theory, find one in your local area for free. Some people will say this is unethical because wild creatures should be left in the wild. The flip side of this however is that you may be giving the Jumping Spider an easier and longer life than it may have in the wild if you keep it in the optimum conditions. Let's face it, in the wild they are at risk of dying at a young age either by being attacked by a predator, lack of food being available or due to extreme weather conditions. Indeed, some people take in Jumping Spiders purely for the winter and release them again when the warmer months arrive. This book teaches you everything you need to know to make you a happy spider owner and make your spider a happy pet. Covered in this book: -Buying your spider-Care-Common Medial Conditions-Costs-Enclosures-Feeding-Handling-Health-Molting-Most popular species as pets-One spider or more?-Settling in-Waterand much moreI hope you will enjoy spending time with your Jumping Spider

Introduces jumping spiders, describing their physical characteristics, life cycle, habitat, diet, and behavior.

Discusses the life cycle of a jumping spider.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Most spiders spin a web and passively wait for prey to come to them. Jumping spiders, by contrast, actively hunt by jumping to catch their food. What if a jumping spider was sent to the International Space Station? When it jumped, it would simply float. No one knew if the spider could hunt in a weightless environment. This nonfiction picture book for elementary kids chronicles the amazing voyage of Nefertiti, the Spidernaut to the International Space Station and back. She’s a Phiddipus johnsonii, or Johnson jumping spider, native to western United States. Her colorful anatomy—red, black and teal—made for stunning photography and video. In 2012, Nefertitti clocked a record-breaking 100 days in space, during which time she circled Earth about 1584 times, traveling about 41,580,000 miles.

Your skin is sure to crawl when you read all about jumping spiders! This title will get you as close as you'll ever want to be to this spider through beautiful full-bleed photographs. Beginning readers will love the simple, easy-to-read text, bolded glossary terms, and the More Facts section. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Introduces jumping spiders, describing their body parts and what they eat.

Jumping spiders can jump up to 40 times their own body lengths! These large-eyed, furry spiders are often kept as pets by people, and can be trained to jump from finger to finger on their owner's hand. However appealing-looking they might be, jumping spiders are also ruthless carnivores, as an incredible photograph of their jaws and fangs in this book shows. This book will teach readers about these amazingly athletic spiders and the ways in which they live and hunt.

A fact spread and creepy images bring jumping spiders to life. Readers will learn about the habitats and unique characteristics of several jumping spider species. Written for second-graders, this book about these nightmare creatures will keep kids up past their bedtime.

Jumping spiders do not have huge legs like kangaroos or grasshoppers, but they are still capable to jumping great distances. Their secret is in their special internal hydraulic system that lets them jump several times their own body length. Young scientists will find out about the other unique adaptations of these vertically ambitious arachnids, while enjoying the full-color photographs and informative text.

Explores the fascinating world of jumping spiders.