Scared of Spiders? Some Former Arachnophobes Now Are Keeping Jumping Spiders as Pets…

For Emily Hess, it was a Phidippus regius named Gretel. Hayden Shea’s first was caught by her boyfriend’s dad. Sunday Costell ordered her first one off eBay. Those spiders were the gateway bugs into the booming community of jumping spider pet owners. And thanks to social media videos of their head-tilting, leg waggling antics, these web-slingers are in high demand.

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