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SPECIES CARE GUIDE
Fencepost Jumping Spider
Marpissa muscosa
ENVIRONMENT
Core care conditions
Use these ranges as a starting point and adjust for life stage, enclosure ventilation and observed behaviour.
HUSBANDRY OVERVIEW
At a glance
- Origin
- Europe / Asia
- Lifestyle
- Arboreal / bark-dwelling hunter
- Adult size
- 0.8–1.2 cm
- Temperament
- Fast / shy
- Experience level
- Intermediate
- Visibility
- Often visible if given bark/cork surfaces
- Burrowing
- Does not burrow; uses crevices and silk retreats
- Growth rate
- Fast
CARE NOTES
Keeping considerations
A European jumping spider often associated with bark, fences and tree trunks. Provide cork bark, crevices, good ventilation and small prey.