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This spider literally flips for its food

The Australian ant-slayer spider’s acrobatics let it feast on insects twice its size

A banded sugar ant caught by an Australian ant-slayer spider

It was all over for this banded sugar ant as soon as it was lassoed by an Australian ant-slayer spider.

A. Aceves-Aparicio

By Freda Kreier

- More than 2 years ago

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