Spiders web

I formally apologize to the cricket that had to endure an hours long Saw movie because my tarantula was just so fucking bad at catching it until I herded it directly into her mouth.

BY YOUR COMMAND!

Brazilian Jewel Tarantula (Typhochlaena seladonia), family Theraphosidae, endemic to Brazil

Small tarantula. Arboreal. Constructs trap door webs in tree bark.

photograph by Gage Smith

Singapore Blue Tarantula (Omothymus violaceopes), Theraphosidae, Singapore

photograph by Alvin Francis Lok

Fringed Ornamental Tarantula (Poecilotheria ornata), family Theraphosidae, endemic to Sri Lanka

ENDANGERED.

photograph by රමේෂ් කරුණානායක

Mexican Orange-kneed Tarantula (Brachypelma hamorii), male, family Theraphosidae, Colima, Mexico

photograph by Rick C. West

Panama Blond Tarantula (Psalmopoeus pulcher), female, family Therphosidae, Panama

photograph by Eric Reynolds

Purple Bloom Tarantula (Pamphobeteus sp. “Machala”), female, family Theraphosidae, found in northern South America

This spider may be undescribed or may be a color phase of an already described species of Pamphobeteus.

Huntsman spider with egg sac and emerging spiderlings, Heteropoda sp, Sparassidae

Photographed in Singapore by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Velvet lynx spider, Oxyopes flavipalpis, Oxyopidae

This species comes in a pretty wide range of coloration, which you can see here if you’re curious!

In late summer, jumping spiders make little caves or shelters in the dry grass.