Jim Brandenburg / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae) pair on moss, Minnesota

Emanuele Biggi / Great or Fen Raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), sub-adult eating a Wolf-spider (Pirata sp.), Alessandria, Italy, August.

Paul Bertner / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae) with dragonfly prey, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Kim Taylor / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) female on leaf (Potamogeton sp) Surrey, England, September.

Alex Hyde / Raft Spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) female resting on the surface of a moorland pool among stems of Horsetail (Equisetum sp.). Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, June.

Chien Lee / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp) feeding on Pond Skater (Gerridae) prey, Nabire, Papua, Indonesia

Chris Mattison / Raft spider (Dolomedes sp) Danum Valley, Borneo.

Konrad Wothe / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae) in web, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Raft Spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on dewy grass, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp)walking on water over Common Frog (Rana temporaria) spawn, Switzerland

Theo Bosboom / Raft Spider (Dolomedes sp) and algae in a hot spring, Landmannalaugar, Iceland, July

Pete Oxford / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae) on underside of leaf, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador