Emanuele Biggi / Great Fen / Raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), adult female eating an invasive species of fish, Western mosquitofish, (Gambusia affinis), Alessandria, Italy, August.
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James Dunbar / Male Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) wrapping up prey, UK. Captive.
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James Dunbar / Close-up of a pair of Nursery web spiders (Pisaura mirabilis) mating, UK. Captive.
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Bernard Castelein / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium August
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Alex Hyde / Raft Spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) female on heathland pool. Note wing of predated damselfly floating on water's surface under the spider. Dorset, UK. August.
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Alex Hyde / Fen raft spider / Great raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) adult female. Norfolk Broads, UK, September. Vulnerable species.
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Bernard Castelein / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) female with egg sac, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July
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Bernard Castelein / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) female guarding spiderlings, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July
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Bernard Castelein / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) female guarding spiderlings, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July
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Nick Upton / Young female Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) sun basking on a leaf on a late winter day, Wiltshire garden, UK, February.
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Laurie Hedges / Male Admirable hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) perching on a branch, displaying using head feathers, Talamanca, Costa Rica.
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Nick Upton / Juvenile Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) positioning itself to sun on a Honeysuckle (Lonicera) leaf in a garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, February.