Arachnids
Arachnid biodiversity is crucial for ecosystem health, as they serve as predators to control invertebrate populations, provide food for other animals, and even have potential economic value for technology and medicine.
Fishing Spider with crab prey (Ancylometes amazonicus) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Twig-mimic Spider (Poltys sp.) ● Cao Bang, Vietnam 2026
Red-and-blue Opadometa (Leucauge sarawakensis) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Horned Spider (Micrathena kirbyi) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Bark Spider (Caerostris sumatrana) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Trapdoor Spider (Strophaeus sp.) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Twig Spider (Poltys sp.) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Spider with cricket prey (Parawixia rigida) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Long-horned Orbweaver (Macracantha arcuata) ● Sabah, Borneo 2024
Heavy Jumper (Hyllus diardi) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Horned Spider (Micrathena sp.) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Tailless Whipscorpion (Heterophrynus sp.) ● Sucumbios, Ecuador 2025
Moulting spider (Parawixia rigida) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Bolas Spider under egg sac (Ordgarius sp.) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Wolf Spider carrying spiderlings (family Lycosidae) ● Dong Nai, Vietnam 2026
Eight-spotted Crab Spider (Platythomisus octomaculatus) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Spider with egg sac (Micrathena sp.) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Orbweaver (Alpaida truncata) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Spider with prey (Araneae) ● Pichincha, Ecuador 2025
Tarantula with katydid prey (Theraphosidae) ● Sucumbios, Ecuador 2025
Orbweaver (Xylethrus superbus) ● Sucumbios, Ecuador 2025
Ant-mimic Spider feeding on Giant Forest Ant (Mallinella sp.) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Spider hatchlings (Araneae) ● Sucumbios, Ecuador 2025
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora edax) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Spider eating freshly-moulted cicada ● Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Horned Spider (Micrathena coca) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Golden Silk Spider (Trichonephila clavipes) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Twig Spider (Poltys sp.) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Spider (Araneae) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Horned Spider (Micrathena cyanospina) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Harvestman with prey (Cranaidae) ● Napo, Ecuador 2025
Tarantula guarding egg sac (Theraphosidae) ● Sucumbios, Ecuador 2025
Spider with stick insect prey (Araneae) ● Orellana, Ecuador 2025
Orbweaver (Argiope sp.) ● Sucumbios, Ecuador 2025
Limestone Jumper (Portia sp.) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2022
Harvestmen (Sclerosomatidae) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2022
Spiny Orbweaver (Actinacantha globulata) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Giant Golden Orbweaver (Nephila pilipes) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Tarantula at burrow (Haplopelma doriae) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Red Huntsman (Heteropoda sp.) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Tailless Whipscorpion (Thelyphonus sp.) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Fishing Spider guarding egg sac (Nilus albocinctus) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2021
Twig Spider (Poltys columnaris) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda sp.) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Bird-dropping Spider (Cyrtarachne nagasakiensis) ● Sabah, Borneo 2024
Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda boiei) ● Sabah, Borneo 2024
Lichen Huntsman with egg sac (Pandercetes plumipes) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Giant Golden Orbweaver (Nephila pilipes) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Huntsman feeding on cockroach (Heteropoda boiei) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Harvestman with mushroom (Sclerosomatidae) ● Sabah, Borneo 2026
Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda sp.) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) ● Queensland, Australia 2018
Orbspider with grasshopper prey (Parawixia dehaani) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Giant Huntsman (Thelcticopes sp.) ● Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Lichen Spider (Pandercetes sp.) ● Dong Nai, Vietnam 2026