At less than a tenth of an ounce, the regal jumping spider can prey on frogs and lizards two to three times its own weight, according to a new study in the Journal of Arachnology.
It's the first time scientists have published observations of jumping spiders—the biggest family of spiders—eating vertebrates.
Source & further reading:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/jumping-spiders-lizards-frogs-predators/
Journal article:http://americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v45_n2/arac-45-2-238.pdf
Photograph by Martin Fisher
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