Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Jumping spider
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Diet== [[File:Jumping spider with prey.jpg|right|thumb|A camouflaged ''[[Menemerus bivittatus]]'' jumping spider with a captured male ant]] Although jumping spiders are generally [[carnivore|carnivorous]], many species have been known to include [[nectar]] in their diets,<ref>{{cite journal|first=Robert R.|last=Jackson|author2=Simon D. Pollard|author3=Ximena J. Nelson|author4=G. B. Edwards|author5=Alberto T. Barrion|year=2001|title=Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) that feed on nectar|journal=Journal of Zoology, London|volume=255|pages=25โ29|url=http://xnelson.googlepages.com/Jacksonetal2001.pdf|doi=10.1017/S095283690100108X|archive-date=18 March 2009|access-date=15 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318020505/http://xnelson.googlepages.com/Jacksonetal2001.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>. One species, ''[[Bagheera kiplingi]]'', feeds primarily on [[Beltian bodies]], specialized structures rich in fat and protein, found on some acacia (''[[Vachellia]]'') species.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Meehan |first1=Christopher J. |last2=Olson |first2=Eric J. |last3=Reudink |first3=Matthew W. |last4=Kyser |first4=T. Kurt |last5=Curry |first5=Robert L. |date=2009-10-13 |title=Herbivory in a spider through exploitation of an antโplant mutualism |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982209016261 |journal=Current Biology |volume=19 |issue=19 |pages=R892โR893 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.049 |pmid=19825348 |bibcode=2009CBio...19.R892M |issn=0960-9822}}</ref> None are known to feed on seeds or fruit. [[Extrafloral nectary|Extrafloral nectaries]] on plants, such as ''[[Chamaecrista fasciculata]]'' (partridge pea), provide jumping spiders with nectar; the plant benefits accordingly when the spiders prey on whatever pests they find. The female of the Southeast Asian species ''[[Toxeus magnus]]'' feeds its offspring with a milky, nutritious fluid for the first 40 days of their lives.<ref name="Chen2018">{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Zhanqi |last2=Corlett |first2=Richard T. |last3=Jiao |first3=Xiaoguo |last4=Liu |first4=Sheng-Jie |last5=Charles-Dominique |first5=Tristan |last6=Zhang |first6=Shichang |last7=Li |first7=Huan |last8=Lai |first8=Ren |last9=Long |first9=Chengbo |last10=Quan |first10=Rui-Chang |title=Prolonged milk provisioning in a jumping spider |journal=Science |date=30 November 2018 |volume=362 |issue=6418 |pages=1052โ1055 |doi=10.1126/science.aat3692 |pmid=30498127 |bibcode=2018Sci...362.1052C |display-authors=3|doi-access=free }}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)