Piotr Naskrecki / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp) their abdomen, or opisthosoma, is heavily sclerotized and armed with hard spines possibly to protect against birds and lizards, Solomon Islands

Kim Taylor / Spiked spider {Gasteracantha sp} eating its web as it winds it in, East Africa

Paul Bertner / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp), Angkor Wat, Cambodia

MYN / Javier Aznar / Spider (Micratena cyanospina) Cuyabeno National Park, Ecuador. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Christmas Spider (Austracantha minax) Denmark Shire, Warren Bioregion, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Arrowhead Micrathena (Micrathena sp) Kanuku Mountains, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Mustard / Candy crab (Hoplophrys oatesii) on Dendronephthya soft coral bush. Tulamben Bay, Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea.

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Cyril Ruoso / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp) in web, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp), Semengoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp), Kanuku Protected Area, Rupununi, Guyana

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp) portrait, Costa Rica