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The Surprising Diet of Jumping Spiders Revealed—Science Just Got Weird! Ever wondered what makes the tiny, agile jumping spiders so fearless—and deadly—the way they hunt? Recent scientific discoveries are flipping everything we thought we knew about their eating habits, revealing a diet as strange and surprising as the spiders themselves. From unexpected food preferences to peculiar hunting tactics, jumping spiders (family Salticidae) are proving to be much more complex than their cute, chelicerae-grinning faces suggest. ### The Classic Image vs. Reality For years, jumping spiders have been celebrated as clever predators that rely primarily on speed, agility, and keen eyesight to chase down prey like fruit flies, ants, and even other small arthropods. But new research published in Animal Behavior and Invertebrate Behavior shows their diet is far more diverse—and weird—than previously assumed.