But upon first traveling into the tropics, I was as overwhelmed by the jumping spiders there as any temperate birder is by tropical birds. It is one of very few jumpers capable of biting a human. Even so, the effect was no stronger than a honeybee's sting. Big Little Hunters Mopsus are formidable predators. The dragonflies eventually succumb to the spider's injected poison and crash to earth.
Jumpers make up for size with cunning.
Natta eat ants, which are well-defended and especially formidable prey. Natta often peer at their targets cautiously from behind a twig or pebble. In certain other types of jumpers, investigators have found that a spider sneaking a look at prey will figure out complex paths to superior vantage points. Then like a stalking cat, the spider backs away and heads to the selected spot, staying out of the quarry's view all the time. Natta on the prowl for ants seem to me to do just that, stealthily circling from one hiding place to another.