2026-07-20 20:00 UTC
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks Whoa! really? a jumping spider can nab an adult mosquito flying past?
I know dragonflies eat a lot of mosquitoes, but they are formidable fliers (I guess I should have said my question about bats eating mosquitoes applies to “at night”)
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@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks 2026-07-23 13:02
@grammasaurus@mastodon.social Jumping spiders could probably snag one in flight (mosquitoes are pretty slow) but I'm assuming they are primarily going after insects resting on foliage and tree trunks. Mosquitoes spend most of their day just waiting for conditions to be right, and that's when they are really susceptible to the hordes of spiders roaming about.