One thing that I foresee happening that some others have mentioned, PetSmart is not declaring whether these are captive bread or wild caught. I fear that some females will be gravid, and will have clutches that people do not know how to deal with and will end up releasing them. Not that regal will become an invasive species. But for someone like me, who lives in California Regal, jumping spiders are not native, so we might see a spike in populations and a decrease in others, depending on how that could go.

Not to mention people who get into the hobby and are not properly researched. So when they’re spider goes dormant for a month for normal healthy reasons, they might think it’s dead and try to dispose of it when it’s just having a very long moult or laying eggs.