Jumping Spiders Nurse Offspring Nearly to Adulthood American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Like nursing baby mammals, some jumping spiders spend their earliest days feeding on a nutritious "spider milk," secreted by their mothers. What's more, spider mothers continue to care for and feed their young offspring the milk-like fluid - which contains nearly four times the protein of cow's milk -long after they're able to forage for food on their own.

Chinese Scientists Discover Spider Species Nurses Young with Milk----Chinese Academy of Sciences

A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)

Jumping Spiders Nurse Offspring Nearly to Adulthood American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Jumping Spider Mom Found To Nurse Her Spider Babies With Milk

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A jumping spider mom nurses her brood for weeks on milk

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North American Jumping Spider

This small jumping spider is nursing her young with milk

These cute jumping spiders actually nurse their babies on spider milk

A jumping spider mom nurses her brood for weeks on milk

A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)

Pantropical Jumping Spider, Plexippus paykulli