Anelosimus social spiders cooperate to capture a grasshopper. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Amazing Arachnids

Images of the eight-legged arthropods among us.

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Hygropoda dolomedes showing the fang-bearing chelicerae that define the Chelicerata, a taxonomic group including arachnids and horseshoe crabs.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Hygropoda dolomedes is a tropical relative of fishing spiders. It constructs webs on the top side of leaves.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Anelosimus social spiders cooperate to capture a grasshopper.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Anelosimus social spiders.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Varroa destructor mites are among the most damaging pests of the domestic honey bee Apis mellifera. The mites feed on the haemolymph of developing and adult bees, damaging or even killing thm, and they can transmit diseases as well. If left unchecked, a mite infestation can destroy a hive.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

An adult Varroa destructor mite on a bee pupa.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A Varroa destructor mite walks across a bee pupa. These mites are among the most damaging pests of domesticated honey bees.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Varroa destructor

Urbana, Illinois, USA

The brown recluse spider Loxosceles reclusa is a much-feared arachnid found in the central United States. The spider's venom can digest flesh, leading to serious medical issues, but recluse spiders are shy and many suspected "bites" are mistaken diagnoses of other skin conditions.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA

Anelosimus social spiders cooperate to capture a grasshopper.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Anelosimus social spiders cooperate to capture a grasshopper.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Anelosimus social spiders cooperate to capture a grasshopper.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

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Keywords: evolution cooperation predation animal behavior sociality theridiidae

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