Supplementing its diet with nectar, ant larvae, and nectar-feeding flies, this jumping spider feeds almost entirely on Beltian bodies, the detachable fat and protein-rich leaf tips of Vachellia ...

B. kiplingi lives on a particular kind of acacia plant that produces neat little packages called Beltian bodies on the tips of its leaflets. B. kiplingi mainly inhabits Mimosoideae trees ...

Unlike other spiders, it feeds primarily on Beltian bodies, nutrient-rich structures found at the tips of acacia leaves. These spiders must navigate aggressive ants that also feed on the Beltian ...

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 ...