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“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

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    I’ve been keeping hundreds of arachnids for the past 10 years.. yet never knew there was a vegetarian spider species....
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    Pretty cool huh? I think they do occasionally eat each other though…
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    I am normally scared of spiders, but this one is adorable.
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