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

Morley Read / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia) on leaf, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia) retreating into its nest, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia) retreating into its nest, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Nick Garbutt / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia avicularia), female waiting in ambush outside daytime lair in palm tree trunk. Heath River, Tambopata / Bahuaja-Sonene Reserves, Amazonia, Peru / Bolivia border.

Nick Garbutt / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia avicularia), female waiting in ambush outside daytime lair in palm tree trunk. Heath River, Tambopata / Bahuaja-Sonene Reserves, Amazonia, Peru / Bolivia border.

Paul Bertner / Tarantula (Avicularia sp), Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Cyril Ruoso / Tarentula (Avicularia sp) in tropical cloud forest, Sierra Santa Marta NP, Colombia, January.

MYN / JP Lawrence / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia sp.) Matoury, French Guiana Meetyourneighbours.net project

Mark Bowler / Peruvian pinktoe tarantula spider (Avicularia urticans) on white background.

Mark Bowler / Peruvian pinktoe tarantula spider (Avicularia urticans) on white background.