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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kiplingi" data-source="post: 40830" data-attributes="member: 3591">But at least one spider does! It is a jumping spider (Family Salticidae) named Bagheera kiplingi. I am an avid tarantula enthusiast, with one Grammostola rosea and one Brachypelma vagans, but I am currently studying Bagheera kiplingi and another possible vegetarian, Frigga crocuta, both of which live in Central America. You can learn more about my project here:<a href="https://experiment.com/projects/studying-vegetarian-spiders-of-two-sides-of-a-great-divide" target="_blank">https://experiment.com/projects/studying-vegetarian-spiders-of-two-sides-of-a-great-divide</a><img src="http://media.npr.org/assets/news/2009/10/13/bagheera_wide-ff547bac775bd159cdfe2a61e1d08ab08d8caf35-s1100-c15.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> A female Bagheera kiplingi doing what she does best--eating plants and looking cute!</blockquote>