Chien Lee / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) feeding on tree frog prey, Digul River, Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) feeding on young Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata), Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) juvenile, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) mother with spiderlings, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Crab Spider (Thomisidae) with Ant (Tetraponera sp) prey, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Peter Schwarz/ BIA / Yellow Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) camouflaged on flower, Dalmatia, Croatia

Laurent Geslin / Female Common crab spider (Xysticus cristatus) feeding on fly in garden, UK

Juergen Freund / Horsehoe crab (Tachypleus gigas) swimming on its back with gills creating the propulsion, Palawan, Philippines. Did you know? Horseshoe crabs are more closely related to spiders than crabs.

Chris Shields / Illustration of crab spider (Thanatus striatus) Philodromidae,.

Michael Quinton / Crab Spider (Diaea dorsata) camouflaged on yellow flower, Alaska

Paul Harcourt Davies / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) female alert for prey on a flower, Italy

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Crab spider (probably Thomisus onustus) preying on a Bush cricket (Tettigoniidae) on Musk thistle flower (Carduus nutans / macrocephalus) near Skrka lake, Hutovo Blato Nature Park, Bosnia and Herzegov...

Alex Hyde / Crab Spider {Xysticus cristatus} male, Austrian Alps, June 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitlan / Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) yellow form, portrait, on yellow Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION Wild Wonders kids boo...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) yellow form on yellow Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina) showing asymmetry in front leg length, Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Crab spider (Misumena sp) on Euphorbia, Queyras, France, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Crab spider (Misumena sp) on flower, Queyras Natural Park, France, May 2009

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) in a Foxglove flower waiting for prey, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Mollers / Female Pink crab spider (Thomisus onustus) with moth prey, San Marino, May 2009. Wild Wonders kids book.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Crab spider (Misumena sp) on Elecampane (Inula helenium) waiting for prey, San Marino, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Crab spider (Misumena sp) on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) covered in water droplets, San Marino, May 2009 WWE BOOK PLATE.

Michael Quinton / Crab Spider (Thomisidae) camouflaged on flower, Alaska

Mark Moffett / Crab Spider (Thomisidae) on Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) practices cannibalism

Thomas Marent / Huntsman Spider (Olios sp) female, Tatama National Park, Colombia

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) feeding on moth prey, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Pandercetes sp) female guarding egg sac, Gunung Lucia, Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Chrosioderma sp) female guarding eggs on leaf underside, Andasibe, Madagascar

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Chrosioderma sp) female guarding eggs on leaf underside, Andasibe, Madagascar

Chien Lee / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) feeding on tree frog prey, Digul River, Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Megaloremmius leo) female, Andasibe Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Crab Spider (Epicadus sp) female, Sani Lodge, Ecuador

Agustin Esmoris / Giant Crab Spider (Polybetes sp), Argentina

Paul Bertner / Crab Spider (Thomisidae) with Paper Wasp (Ropalidia sp) prey, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Crab Spider (Thomisidae), Mananara Nord National Park, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) caught in spider web, Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Paul Bertner / Ant-mimic Crab Spider (Amyciaea lineatipes), ant mimic, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae), Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) with harvestman prey, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Paul Bertner / Crab Spider (Thomisidae) in defensive posture, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae), Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) juvenile, Leticia, Amazon, Colombia

Paul Bertner / Huntsman Spider (Megaloremmius leo), Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / David Bowie Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda davidbowie), Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Paul Bertner / David Bowie Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda davidbowie), Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) with moth prey, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Huntsman Spider (Pandercetes sp), Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Huntsman Spider (Pandercetes sp) guarding eggs, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) with moth prey, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) juvenile, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae), Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) with prey, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae), Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Paul Bertner / Crab Spider (Thomisidae) with Carpenter Ant (Camponotus castaneus) prey, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Crab Spider (Thomisidae), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) camouflaged on branch, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Crab Spider (Amyciaea sp), ant mimic, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Crab Spider (Amyciaea sp), ant mimic, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Konrad Wothe / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on Yellow Oxeye Daisy (Buphthalmum salicifolium) flower, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Goldenrod crab spider {Misumena vatia} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Goldenrod crab spider {Misumena vatia} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Goldenrod crab spider {Misumena vatia} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Goldenrod crab spider {Misumena vatia} Germany

Chien Lee / David Bowie Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda davidbowie) female, Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae)with parasitic midge, feeding on cricket, Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Alex Hyde / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) female waiting to ambush insect prey on Greater Burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella major) Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June.

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Prychia sp), Nabire, Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Prychia sp) in defensive posture, Nabire, Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae), Palmarium Reserve, Madagascar

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Pandercetes sp) camouflaged on bark, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Bird-dropping Crab Spider (Phrynarachne decipiens) on silken pad it has made to resemble the stain of bird excrement to attract flies, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Ant-mimic Crab Spider (Amyciaea sp), Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) feeding on Raspy Cricket (Gryllacrididae), Mulu National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes neoguineensis) pitcher with crab spider on the lip, Tanjung Tanah Merah, Papua New Guinea

Konrad Wothe / Giant Crab Spider (Sparianthina sp) with moth prey, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Rod Williams / Crab Spiders (Xysticus cristatus) mating pair, Lewisham, London, England, UK. June

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda davidbowei), Danum Valley Field Centre, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda davidbowei), Melinau Gorge, Mulu National Park, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda davidbowei), Melinau Gorge, Mulu National Park, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda sp) female clutching her egg sac, Lubang Buaya, Batang Ai National Park, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Green Spider (Micrommata virescens) female, Switzerland

Bernard Castelein / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on Herb Robert (Geranium robertianus) Brasschaat, Belgium, May

Bernard Castelein / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on Herb Robert (Geranium robertianus) Brasschaat, Belgium, May

Chien Lee / Malaysian Green Huntsman (Heteropoda boiei) male, Gunung Tambuyukon, Mount Kinabalu National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda sp) at night, Mount Kiamo, Mindanao Island, Philippines

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Crab spider (Misumena) Sao Paulo, Brazil. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Karine Aigner / Slender crab spider (Tibellus oblongus), Colorado, USA, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Rod Williams / Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) female in white form, consuming a fly, Lewisham, London, July

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) female waiting for prey on head of Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum segetum) in flower, garden, Orvieto, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) female waiting on for prey on head of Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum segetum) in garden, Orvieto, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) female on flower, Orvieto, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) female waiting on grape hyacinth (Muscari sp) of Compositae. Garden, Orvieto, Italy, April

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) female on grape hyacinth (Muscari sp) in a garden, Garden, Orvieto, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lichen Spider (Philodromus margaritatus) camouflaged on lichen near Orveito, Umbria, Italy, September

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lichen Spider (Philodromus margaritatus) camouflaged on lichen near Orveito, Umbria, Italy, September

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) female on flower, Orvieto, Italy, July