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), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Moulting spider (Araneae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Red-and-blue Opadometa (Leucauge sarawakensis), Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Horned Spider (Micrathena kirbyi), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Bark Spider (Caerostris sumatrana), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Red Spider (Araneae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Twig Spider (Poltys sp.), Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Long-horned Orbweaver (Macracantha arcuata), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Spider with cricket prey (Araneae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Heavy Jumper (Hyllus diardi), Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Bolas Spider under egg sac (Ordgarius sp.), Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Horned Spider (Micrathena sp.), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Eight-spotted Crab Spider (Platythomisus octomaculatus), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Spider with egg sac (Micrathena sp.), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Spider (Araneae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Spider with prey (Araneae), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Tarantula with katydid prey (Theraphosidae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Orbweb Spider (Araneidae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Tailless Whipscorpion (Heterophrynus sp.), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Ant-mimic Spider feeding on Giant Forest Ant (Mallinella sp.), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Spider hatchlings (Araneae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora edax), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Spider eating freshly-moulted cicada, Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Horned Spider (Micrathena coca), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Golden Silk Spider (Trichonephila clavipes), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Twig Spider (Poltys sp.), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Spider (Araneae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Horned Spider (Micrathena cyanospina), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Harvestman with prey (Opiliones), Quijos, Ecuador 2025
Tarantula guarding egg sac (Theraphosidae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Spider with stick insect prey (Araneae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Spider (Araneae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Limestone Jumper (Portia sp.), Sarawak, Borneo 2022
Harvestmen (Opiliones), Sarawak, Borneo 2022
Spiny Orbweaver (Actinacantha globulata), Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Giant Golden Orbweaver (Nephila pilipes), Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Tarantula at burrow (Cyriopagopus sp.), 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 (Sparassidae), Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Bird-dropping Spider (Cyrtarachne nagasakiensis), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda boiei), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Lichen Huntsman with egg sac (Pandercetes sp.), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Giant Golden Orbweaver (Nephila pilipes), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Huntsman feeding on cockroach (Heteropoda boiei), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Spider (Araneae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda sp.), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Orbspider with grasshopper prey (Parawixia sp.), Sarawak, Borneo 2023
Giant Huntsman (maybe Gnathopalystes), Sarawak, Borneo 2025