A Natural History of the World's Spiders," author Ximena Nelson examines three species of spider with unusual diets — plants, ...

Bagheera Kiplingi babies stay with their parents long after they hatch, and if you were to observe them, you’d pretty much be watching a really kooky episode of The Waltons.

The world’s only (mostly) vegetarian spider, Bagheera kiplingi, exploits a partnership between ants and acacia trees, living off the nutritious nodules that the trees grow to feed their ant ...

Bagheera Kiplingi, the world's first vegetarian spider, shows how much creatures can change to exploit available resources.

Now, scientists have found that a small Central American jumping spider has a uniquely different diet: the species Bagheera kiplingi feeds predominantly on plant food.

The eight-legged vegetarian, called Bagheera kiplingi, lives in Central America, and is now considered a rarity among the world's 40,000 or so spider species, most of which are strictly predators ...

The eight-legged vegetarian, called Bagheera kiplingi, lives in Central America, and is now considered a rarity among the world's 40,000 or so spider species, most of which are strictly predators ...

Each of the world’s 40,000 spider species survives by hunting and killing — except, that is, for Bagheera kiplingi, the world’s first vegetarian arachnid. Found in Central America, the order ...

While some spiders will occasionally supplement their diet with a little nectar or pollen, Bagheera kiplingi 's diet is almost completely vegetarian - although occasionally topped up with a little ant ...

Unlike the 40,000 other known spider species that are thought to be mainly carnivorous, the Bagheera kiplingi of Central America has been observed feeding on the leaf tips of an acacia plant ...

Bagheera kiplingi, a jumping spider from Central America, is unique for its largely herbivorous diet, primarily feeding on acacia Beltian bodies. Unlike other carnivorous spiders, B. kiplingi ...