It isn't entirely clear why B. kiplingi is able to evade acacia ants, whose goal is to protect the shrub from attacks. Credit: Christopher MeehanFrom Cosmos:
NEW YORK: A jumping spider found in Central America is the first known species to subsist primarily on plants, according to American scientists.
While many spiders eat nectar and a single species has been observed eating pollen in addition to insects, Bagheera kiplingi dines almost exclusively on 'Beltian bodies', protein- and lipid-rich structures located on the tips of acacia shrub leaves.
Out of about 41,000 known species it is the sole spider to maintain a nearly vegetarian diet.
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