Rolf Nussbaumer / Brown tarantula in defensive pose {Aphonopelma hentzi} Texas, USA.

Mark Moffett / Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) meets a Tarantula, Taboga Island, Panama Tarantulas eat frogs but avoid Poison Dart Frogs, yet on Taboga, such encounters are common and Tarantul...

Gerry Ellis / Mexican Red-knee Tarantula (Brachypelma smithi), Mexico

Mark Moffett / Peruvian Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia urticans) walking on water after being flooded from its nest, Amazonian ecosystem, Peru

Mark Moffett / Peruvian Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia urticans) eating tree frog, Amazon, Peru

Mark Moffett / Ecuadorian Brown Velvet Tarantula (Megaphobema velvetosoma) shedding its skin (cuticle), Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Ecuadorian Brown Velvet Tarantula (Megaphobema velvetosoma) shedding its skin (cuticle), Ecuador

Chien Lee / Tarantula (Birupes simoroxigorum) female, new species, Mount Santubong, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Tarantula (Birupes simoroxigorum) female, new species, Mount Santubong, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Tarantula (Birupes simoroxigorum) female, new species, Mount Santubong, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Paul Bertner / Tarantula (Theraphosidae) juvenile, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Paul Bertner / Panama Blond Tarantula (Psalmopoeus pulcher), Taironaka Lodge, Colombia