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

Stephen Dalton / Green / Meadow Spider (Micrommata viriscens). Sussex, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Green Huntsman Spider {Sparassidae} on leaf in tropical rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Solvin Zankl / Dancing White Lady Spider (Leucorchestris arenicola) 'dancing' in defensive threat display on sand dune, Namib Desert, Namibia

Gerry Ellis / Wandering Spider (Cupiennius coccineus) with egg sac under abdomen, not visible in photo, Mesoamerica

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