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

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

Emanuele Biggi / Ogre faced spider (Deinopis sp.), Peru

Paul Bertner / Ogrefaced Spider (Deinopis sp) making web, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Ogrefaced Spider (Deinopis sp) making web, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Ingo Arndt / Ogrefaced Spider (Deinopis longipes) ready to trap prey with its net at night, Costa Rica

Chien Lee / Ogrefaced Spider (Deinopis sp) holding expandable sticky web which it uses to fling over its prey, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Alex Hyde / Close up of head of Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} showing the huge pair of eyes that enable it to hunt at night. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} at night with web held between legs ready to stretch over invertebrate prey. Lowland rainforest, 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.

Alex Hyde / Close up of head of Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} showing the huge pair of eyes that enable it to hunt at night. Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia.

Piotr Naskrecki / Ogre-faced Spider (Dinopis sp) with cockroach prey, the spider re-uses the old net if it is not damaged by the previous catch, Guyana

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Ogre-faced Spider (Deinopis sp) in rainforest, Costa Rica

Norbert Wu / Ogre-faced Spider (Deinopis sp) do not wait passively for an insect to fall into their web, instead, they cast sticky nets, Costa Rica

Chien Lee / Net Casting Spider (Deinopis madagascariensis) camouflaged on bark, Isalo National Park, Madagascar

James Christensen / Ogrefaced Spider (Deinopis sp) mimicking a stick, Sierra Llorona Lodge, Santa Rita Arriba, Panama

Premaphotos / Ogre faced / net-casting / gladiator spider (Deinopis sp) female making her net in order to catch passing prey, in rainforest, Brazil

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Ogre-faced Spider (Deinopis sp) netting prey, rainforest, Costa Rica

Christian Ziegler / Ogrefaced Spider (Deinopis sp) camouflaged, Panama

Etienne Littlefair / Net-casting spider (Deinopis sp.), seen at night, awaiting passing prey items, the web net is thrown over prey to aid in capture. Wonga beach, north Queensland, Australia, February.