Clingers

Clingers are a springtail genus inhabiting most of Pangea Proxima 1.

Description
Clingers range from one to three inches in length. Similar to wingtails, they have special legs adapted for gliding, though they are not capable of powered flight. As their name suggests, they spend most of their time clinging to the outsides of tree trunks and branches.

Clinger mouthparts have evolved a complex piercing and scraping mechanism. In herbivorous species, the action of the mouthparts is used to pierce bark and access the soft parts of trees which are then eaten. In others, the mouth is used to kill small invertebrates and slice them into edible portions.

Role in Salticid Society
Salticids usually do not eat clingers due to both their bitter taste and their painful bite response. They are occasionally used in livestock spider cultivation as feeders, especially smaller gourmet species farmed in Portian colonies.