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Regal jumping spiders began hunting the ebony bugs that had used a broadleaf host plant for nearly three years. The usual cluster was suddenly missing, leaving only one ebony bug found deep in the grass, so the record marks a possible collapse point for that long-running meadow population.

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Regal Jumping Spider remains predator context, not the primary endangered subject.

Lowland Meadow Context

Lowland Meadow context for ebony bug host-plant population.