This jumping spider took down prey twice its size, and its hunting methods might be unorthodox, but they work.

Diet: Aphids, mosquitoes, caterpillars, and other small insects make up the majority of a jumping spider’s diet. Habitat: Jumping spiders thrive in forests, urban areas, gardens, and leaf litter.

to supplement his diet when the colder weather meant fewer bugs to catch. Sprout is certainly part of their family. Right now he’s building a web in which to moult, which jumping spiders do ...

Bold jumping spiders (Phidippus audax ... and are three times as large. Their diet consists of grasshoppers, wasps and beetles.

The study suggests jumping spiders are a compelling model to study ... one fed a normal unrestricted diet and another that was given half portions. In the underfed group, spiders lost more ...

A colorful jumping spider mimics multiple species of ants, and its repertoire of impressions seems to help it scare off one of its fiercest predators. By Sam Jones Siler collingwoodi is a spider ...