Johnson Jumper
This species constructs conspicuous tubular silken nests under rocks and wood on the ground. They remain inside these at night and during bad weather. Molting, egg laying and sometimes courtship and mating occur inside these nests. Most of the time they feed on prey about half their own size, but a range from 2 mm to about 1 cm has been observed. Although found to feed on a wide variety of insects (eg., flies, bugs and moth caterpillars and adults), they also prey heavily on spiders. Cannibalism does occur from time to time, in the form of females feeding on males. This big bold guy had not read Wikipedia so was totally unaware of his dietary restrictions. He was found enjoying a 5 cm (2 inch) grasshopper when first spotted on the Prickly pear cactus.
Uploaded on July 13, 2010