Ingo Arndt / Spider fossilized in amber, 50 million years ago.

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

Ingo Arndt / Mexican beauty spider {Brachypelma boehmi} Mexico

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

Ingo Arndt / Four spot orbweaver spider hanging from thread {Araneus quadratus} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Garden spider, female on web {Araneus diadematus} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Orbweaver spider {Eriophora nephiloides} Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Canopy jumping spider {Phidippus otiosus} Florida, USA

Ingo Arndt / Garden spider, female on web {Araneus diadematus} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Garden spider close-up head portrait {Araneus diadematus} Germany

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

Alex Hyde / Jumping spider (Salticidae) hunting among vegetation, San Jose, Costa Rica.