I’m just a simple 18 year old guy and zoology student that posts random factoids about obscure animals and general animal science/zoology/biology stuff so if you like animals this is the place for you, if you only like cute animals this is not the place for you… I also like astronomy and some weirdos from youtube called the creatures so I’m prone to reblog stuff about that too because this techically is a personal blog...
Disclamer: none of the pictures are mine unless stated
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
“Vegetarian spider” (Bagheera kiplingi)
is a species of jumping spider found in parts of Central America. This spider is unique in that it is the only known spider to have a herbivorous diet. The spider who was named after the panther in the jungle book usually inhabits trees of the genus Acacia where it eats the fat rich nubs off the tips of the leaves on the tree (they also consume nectar). Like alot of spiders B.kiplingi is sexually dimorphic as females and males have different coloration.
Phylogeny
Animalia-Arthropoda-Arachnida-Araneae-Salticidae-Dendryphantinae-Bagheera-kiplingi
I’ve been keeping hundreds of arachnids for the past 10 years.. yet never knew there was a vegetarian spider species....
Pretty cool huh? I think they do occasionally eat each other though…
I am normally scared of spiders, but this one is adorable.