Michael D. Kern / Venezuelan Sun Tiger Tarantula / Devil tree spider (Psalmopoeus irminia), captive from Venezuela

Laurie Campbell / Silhouette of spider at sunset, Berwickshire, Scotland, August

Chris Mattison / Camel spider / Wind Scorpion / Sun Spider (Solifugae). South Africa, October 2012.

Sven Zacek / Spider (Segestriidae) web building, sillhouetted against the rising sun, Estonia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Sun Spider (Solifugae) on sand, Namib Desert, Namibia

Konrad Wothe / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web with sun, Bavaria, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web with sun, Bavaria, Germany

Albert Lleal / Sun Spider (Solifugae) SEM close-up view of spider attacking a crustacean

Albert Lleal / Solifugid (Paragaleodes sp) photographed under ultraviolet light showing fluoresence, native to Africa and Asia

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) warming an egg sac in the sun, amongst wetland plants. Chobham common, Surrey, England

Philippe Clement / Sun / Windscorpion spider (Solifugae sp.). Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA

Philippe Clement / Sun / Windscorpion spider (Solifugae sp.). Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA