Piotr Naskrecki / Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) being eaten by Fishing Spider (Pisauridae), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Ingo Arndt / Fishing Spider {Ancylometes bogotensis} with fish prey, French Guyana

Ingo Arndt / Fishing spider {Ancylometes bogotensis} on water surface, French Guyana

Alex Hyde / Fishing spider (Trechalea) waiting to catch a Killifish (Cyprinodontiformes) in a rainforest stream at night, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica.

Jim Brandenburg / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae) pair on moss, Minnesota

Jiri Lochman / Bolas spider (Dicrostichus furcatus / Ordgarius furcatus) female with bolas, a blob of silk at end of line used to swing at prey, only used by females. Bolas spiders also produce pheromones of specifi...

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fishermen aboard a small fishing boat packing a container full of Spiny spider crabs (Maja Squinado), caught using tangle nets, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2011

Emanuele Biggi / Fishing spider (Thaumasia sp.) adult female eating a tadpole, Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru.

Jen Guyton / Fishing spider (Trechalea sp.) waiting above a stream, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.

Jen Guyton / Fishing spider (Trechalea sp.) waits above a stream in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.

Doug Wechsler / Fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) hiding in log, Wissahickon Valley Park, Pennsylvania, USA, June.

Paul Bertner / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae) with dragonfly prey, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Ingo Arndt / Underside of body of Fishing spider {Ancylometes bogotensis} French Guyana

Ingo Arndt / Fishing Spider {Ancylometes bogotensis} underwater, French Guyana

Ingo Arndt / Fishing spider {Ancylometes bogotensis} French Guyana

Ingo Arndt / Fishing spider {Ancylometes bogotensis} on pond weed, French Guyana

Ingo Arndt / Fishing Spider {Ancylometes bogotensis} on pond weed, French Guyana

Ingo Arndt / Fishing spider {Ancylometes bogotensis} on water surface, French Guyana

Ingo Arndt / Fishing spider {Ancylometes bogotensis} on water surface, French Guyana

Ingo Arndt / Fishing spider {Ancylometes bogotensis} on water surface, French Guyana

Alex Hyde / Fishing spider (Trechalea) male with a silk-wrapped fish as a nuptial gift to offer to a female as part of his courtship behaviour, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Fishing spider (Trechalea) male with a silk-wrapped fish as a nuptial gift to offer to a female as part of his courtship behaviour, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Fishing spiders (Trechalea) male (left) offering female a silk-wrapped fish as a nuptial gift as part of his courtship behaviour, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Fishing spiders (Trechalea) male (right) offering female a silk-wrapped fish as a nuptial gift as part of his courtship behaviour, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica

Chien Lee / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp) feeding on Pond Skater (Gerridae) prey, Nabire, Papua, Indonesia

Jiri Lochman / Bolas spider (Dicrostichus furcatus / Ordgarius furcatus) female with bolas, a blob of silk at end of line used to swing at prey, only used by females. Bolas spiders also produce pheromones of specifi...

Konrad Wothe / Fishing spider (Ancylometes sp) with prey, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae) in web, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Fishing spider (Ancylometes bogotensis), Berbice River, Guyana, September. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Fishing spider (Ancylometes bogotensis), Berbice River, Guyana, September. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Thomas Marent / Raft Spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on dewy grass, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp)walking on water over Common Frog (Rana temporaria) spawn, Switzerland

Pete Oxford / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae) on underside of leaf, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman with a full basket of Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) and Spiny spider crabs (Maja squinado), caught using pots, with an old tin mine on cliffs in the background, Trewavas Head, Cornwall, Engl...

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman sinking a basket of freshly caught Spiny spider crabs (Maja squinado) from 'Rhiannon', a crabber based in Porthleven, he will retrieve the basket later when the buyer is ready to collect, Co...

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman removing a Spiny spider crab (Maja squinado) from a tangle net on a small fishing boat, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2011 Model released

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fishermen catching a Spiny spider crab (Maja squinado) using a tangle net on a small fishing boat, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2011 Model released

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Bucket of Spiny spider crabs (Maja squinado), caught by tangle net, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2011

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman putting a Spiny spider crab (Maja squinado) into a seawater storage container on a small fishing boat, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK, June 2011 Model released

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman removing a Spiny spider crab (Maja squinado) from a tangle net on a small fishing boat, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2011 Model released

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman heading back to port with a full basket of Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) and Spiny spider crabs (Maja squinado), caught using pots from 'Rhiannon', a crabber based in Porthleven, Cornwall, E...

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman removing a Spiny spider crab (Maja squinado) from a tangle net on a small fishing boat, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2011 Model released.

MYN / Mac Stone / Fishing spider (Dolomedes sp) female with eggsac, Everglades NP, Florida, USA, November. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Mac Stone / Fishing spider (Dolomedes sp) female with eggsac, Everglades NP, Florida, USA, November. meetyourneighbours.net project

Piotr Naskrecki / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae), Muller Range, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae), New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Scott Leslie / Six-spotted Fishing Spider (Dolomedes triton) on closed pond lily with reflection, Nova Scotia, Canada

James Christensen / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp) female, Mindo, Ecuador

James Christensen / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp) in ambush position on stone, Mindo, Ecuador

Stephen Dalton / Juvenile Raft spider {Dolomedes sp} Costa Rica

John Cancalosi / Raft spider (Dolomedes spp) feeding on a fly, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Raft spider (Dolomedes spp) feeding on a fly, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Raft spider (Dolomedes spp) with egg sac, New York, USA

James Christensen / Bogota Fishing Spider (Ancylometes bogotensis), Colon, Panama

James Christensen / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp) in ambush position at the water's edge, missing two legs, Panama

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp) predating tadpole from seasonal pond, South Africa

Scott Leslie / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp) on lily pad, West Stoney Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp) female with egg case on lily pad, West Stoney Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada

John Cancalosi / Fen raft spider {Dolomedes plantarius} mother guarding babies in nursery web, England

John Cancalosi / Fen raft spider {Dolomedes plantarius} mother guarding babies in nursery web, England

John Cancalosi / Fen raft spider {Dolomedes plantarius} on water surface, England

Duncan Usher / Raft Spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) female carrying egg sac, Europe

Doug Wechsler / Spider (Dolomedes sp.) fishing on water surface. Blackbird State Forest, Delaware, USA

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Spider (Dolomedes pallitarsis) usually waits for prey at edge of pond or stream, runs over surface of water to escape danger, Shiga, Japan

Paul Bertner / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae) juvenile, Bahia Solano, Colombia

James Christensen / Bogota Fishing Spider (Ancylometes bogotensis) male, Sierra Llorona Lodge, Santa Rita Arriba, Panama

James Christensen / Bogota Fishing Spider (Ancylometes bogotensis) male, Sierra Llorona Lodge, Santa Rita Arriba, Panama

Daniel Heuclin / Fishing spider (Ancylometes bogotensis) venom being milked in laboratory. From Central and South America.

Daniel Heuclin / Fishing spider (Ancylometes bogotensis) venom being milked in laboratory. From Central and South America.

Thomas Marent / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp) on water full of Common Frog (Rana temporaria) spawn, Switzerland

Barry Mansell / Fishing spider {Dolomedes sp} with fish prey, USA

Juergen Freund / Decorator crab catching plankton {Majiidae sp.} South Pacific, Philippines

Ugo Mellone / Fishing spider (Trechalea sp.) resting on rock at edge of stream, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.

Lewis Jefferies / European lobster (Homarus gammarus) and Spider crab (Maja squinado) inside lobster pot, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. March.

Roman Willi / RF - Fishing spider (Cupiennius sp.) resting on leaf, portrait, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Focus stacked image. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Roman Willi / Fishing spider (Thaumasia sp.) female, feeding on insect prey caught in web, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Focus stacked image.

Roman Willi / Fishing spider (Cupiennius coccineus) feeding on insect prey, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Roman Willi / Fishing spider (Trechalea sp.) female, resting on a rock at water's edge, feeding on shrimp prey, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Roman Willi / Fishing spider (Cupiennius coccineus) holding its prey, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Roman Willi / Fishing spider (Trechalea sp.) female, feeding on shrimp prey, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Focus stacked.

Doug Wechsler / Fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) head portrait, Crossways Preserve, Pennsylvania, USA. June.

Doug Wechsler / Falsehorn fly (Temnostoma sp.) a wasp mimic, resting on leaf along side a Fishing spider (Dolomedes, sp.) juvenile, Camp Woods Preserve, Pennsylvania, USA. May.

Gil Wizen / Female Fishing spider (Dolomedes scriptus) stretching strands of silk from her spinnerets for weaving into her egg sac, Ontario, Canada. September. Winner of Invertebrates Category in the Wildlife Ph...