Scientists Catch Tiny Jumping Spiders Eating Frogs and Lizards
modest , but mighty : Some jump spider can overpower and devour their larger , cold - full-blood , would - be predators , accord to scientists writing in theJournal of Arachnology . Biologist Martin Nyffeler at the University of Basel in Switzerland spends his daylight examine arachnid andinsecteating habits . Over the last few years , he and his colleagues have made some staggering discoveries . For one , not only do spider eat up trillion oftonsof bugs each year , but they also eatfish , andbats , andplants ....