Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Bagheera kiplingi has a most un-spider-like adaptation: a taste for plants.
A huge thank you goes out to the Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium for letting us film their fantastic spiders! Find out all about them here! missoulabutterflyhouse.org
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Sources:
nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/group/spiders
bbc.com/earth/story/20160314-the-worlds-largest-spider-is-the-size-of-a-dinner-plate
wired.com/2009/11/spiders-gallery
Meehan, C. J., Olson, E. J., Reudink, M. W., Kyser, T. K., & Curry, R. L. (2009). Herbivory in a spider through exploitation of an ant–plant mutualism. Current biology, 19(19), R892-R893.
Scully, E. J. (2012). Nesting ecology of the herbivorous ant-acacia jumping spider, Bagheera kiplingi. Villanova University.
Jackson, D. E. (2009). Nutritional ecology: a first vegetarian spider. Current Biology, 19(19), R894-R895.
Peckham, G. W., & Peckham, E. G. (1896). Spiders of the family Attidae from Central America and Mexico. Natural History Society of Wisconsin. (pg.94)
sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091012121331.htm
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Images:
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(09)01626-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982209016261%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
storyblocks.com/video/stock/book-of-chronicle-hd01lebdhk180r6w3
storyblocks.com/video/stock/giant-spider-moving-in-the-forest-spider-hanging-and-moving-in-web-in-rain-forest-background-sp0uarsbbjzwp9qpp
istockphoto.com/vector/cute-cartoon-spider-gm1151842909-312286915
istockphoto.com/vector/cobwed-gm164544920-5636557
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Becque_-_Livre_de_la_jungle,_p18.jpeg
archive.org/details/thejunglebook35997gut/35997-h/images/cover02.png
flickr.com/photos/maxorz/4360611024/in/photolist-7DkgJG-7CdsDj
storyblocks.com/video/stock/adorable-cute-jumping-spider-insect-macro---salticidae-r1k3ifjaxj1edt1og
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025390#s5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Acacia_cornigera_2.jpg
flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/8506154544
istockphoto.com/vector/world-map-silhouette-in-grey-isolated-on-white-background-gm1181058414-331108583
moreaulab.org
eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/122321.php?from=336513
flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/8505045055
eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/122322.php?from=336513
eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/122323.php?from=336513
storyblocks.com/video/stock/close-up-macro-shot-of-a-two-spiders-fight-for-the-captured-victim-s-ewaw0hvkfl42jqx
storyblocks.com/video/stock/spider-territorial-dominance-display-of-the-aussie-bronze-jumper-spider-ruda6xsclj1vtmjog
flickr.com/photos/maxorz/4360611024/in/photolist-7DkgJG-7CdsDj
storyblocks.com/video/stock/bees-on-honeycomb-in-a-beehive-rczmnd_ry-j70dxw55
flickr.com/photos/berniedup/39412840974/in/photolist-p2yeZc-p2yf5c-Kiehi9-nsjmFL-ExRF9F-24a6Ydw-P8bqMF-23Uf67L-KbDjat-24a5P7N-FZFYP7-233M7uW
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bagheera_kiplingi_female_JAL14-9431.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bagheera_kiplingi_male_JAL14-9421.jpg
Bagheera kiplingi has a most un-spider-like adaptation: a taste for plants.
A huge thank you goes out to the Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium for letting us film their fantastic spiders! Find out all about them here! missoulabutterflyhouse.org
Would you like a Bagheera kiplingi pin? https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-bagheera-kiplingi
Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription
This month's pin is designed by Maggie Chiang. You can find out more about her and her work here: hellomaggiec.com
You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com
Host: Sarah Suta (she/her)
Follow us on socials:
Instagram: instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow
Facebook: facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social
#BizarreBeasts #Spiders #ants
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Sources:
nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/group/spiders
bbc.com/earth/story/20160314-the-worlds-largest-spider-is-the-size-of-a-dinner-plate
wired.com/2009/11/spiders-gallery
Meehan, C. J., Olson, E. J., Reudink, M. W., Kyser, T. K., & Curry, R. L. (2009). Herbivory in a spider through exploitation of an ant–plant mutualism. Current biology, 19(19), R892-R893.
Scully, E. J. (2012). Nesting ecology of the herbivorous ant-acacia jumping spider, Bagheera kiplingi. Villanova University.
Jackson, D. E. (2009). Nutritional ecology: a first vegetarian spider. Current Biology, 19(19), R894-R895.
Peckham, G. W., & Peckham, E. G. (1896). Spiders of the family Attidae from Central America and Mexico. Natural History Society of Wisconsin. (pg.94)
sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091012121331.htm
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Images:
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(09)01626-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982209016261%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
storyblocks.com/video/stock/book-of-chronicle-hd01lebdhk180r6w3
storyblocks.com/video/stock/giant-spider-moving-in-the-forest-spider-hanging-and-moving-in-web-in-rain-forest-background-sp0uarsbbjzwp9qpp
istockphoto.com/vector/cute-cartoon-spider-gm1151842909-312286915
istockphoto.com/vector/cobwed-gm164544920-5636557
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Becque_-_Livre_de_la_jungle,_p18.jpeg
archive.org/details/thejunglebook35997gut/35997-h/images/cover02.png
flickr.com/photos/maxorz/4360611024/in/photolist-7DkgJG-7CdsDj
storyblocks.com/video/stock/adorable-cute-jumping-spider-insect-macro---salticidae-r1k3ifjaxj1edt1og
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025390#s5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Acacia_cornigera_2.jpg
flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/8506154544
istockphoto.com/vector/world-map-silhouette-in-grey-isolated-on-white-background-gm1181058414-331108583
moreaulab.org
eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/122321.php?from=336513
flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/8505045055
eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/122322.php?from=336513
eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/122323.php?from=336513
storyblocks.com/video/stock/close-up-macro-shot-of-a-two-spiders-fight-for-the-captured-victim-s-ewaw0hvkfl42jqx
storyblocks.com/video/stock/spider-territorial-dominance-display-of-the-aussie-bronze-jumper-spider-ruda6xsclj1vtmjog
flickr.com/photos/maxorz/4360611024/in/photolist-7DkgJG-7CdsDj
storyblocks.com/video/stock/bees-on-honeycomb-in-a-beehive-rczmnd_ry-j70dxw55
flickr.com/photos/berniedup/39412840974/in/photolist-p2yeZc-p2yf5c-Kiehi9-nsjmFL-ExRF9F-24a6Ydw-P8bqMF-23Uf67L-KbDjat-24a5P7N-FZFYP7-233M7uW
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bagheera_kiplingi_female_JAL14-9431.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bagheera_kiplingi_male_JAL14-9421.jpg
