Alex Hyde / Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} with web held between legs that it will stretch over prey that walks below it. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} with web held between legs that it will stretch over prey that walks below it. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Close-up of the extendable silk net of the Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp}, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Net-casting / Ogre-faced Spider (Deinopis sp.) with net. Active at night, Masoala National Park, Madagascar.

Piotr Naskrecki / Ogre-faced Spider (Deinopis sp) do not wait passively for an insect to fall into their web, instead, they cast sticky nets, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

PREMAPHOTOS / Net casting spider female with net ready to catch prey {Deinopis / Dinopis sp} rainforest, Brazil, South America

Morley Read / Ogre faced spider (Deinopis) holding its web ready to catch prey, these spiders use a square sticky web held between the feet as a net to actively catch passing insects, Amazon rainforest, Napo Provin...

Joao Burini / Ogre faced spider (Deinopis) spinning a round eggsac. South-east atlantic forest, Sao Miguel Arcanjo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Joao Burini / Net casting spider (Deinopis sp) with web to capture prey, Intervales State Park, Sao Paulo, Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Brazil.

Joao Burini / Net casting spider (Deinopis sp.) South-east Atlantic forest, Tapirai, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Emanuele Biggi / Ogre faced spider (Deinopis sp.) with prey wrapped in web silk, Peru

Emanuele Biggi / Ogre faced spider (Deinopis sp.) trapping a katydid (Copiphora sp.) at night into the rainforst, Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru