Pictures of spiders [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Tarantula (Guatemala) Multi-colored spider (Malaysia) Long-legged spider (Costa Rica) Giant black and red jungle tarantula Tiny magenta-colored spider (Kenya) Brown spider Spider Pink and orange spider Red orb spider feeding (Costa Rica) Jungle spider in Malaysia (Malaysia) Thin spider in the Amazon Orange spider Nephila madagascariensis orb spider Nest of colony spiders (family: Araneidae) (Peru) Nephila spider (Thailand) Closeup on an orb spider (Uganda) Thorn spider (Laos) Reddish spider (Malaysia) Tarantula in Venezuela (Venezuela) Giant black and red tarantula in the Amazon rainforest Red-headed spider with yellow and black markings (Suriname) Large Malaysian jungle spider (Malaysia) Rainforest spider (Peru) White spider on an unusual web (Malaysia) Camouflaged spider on tree trunk (Peru) Reddish spider (Malaysia) Multicolored spider (Costa Rica) Yellow and red spider in web (Peru) Small copper colored spider in Gabon (Gabon) Black; gray; white and red spider (Peru) Tarantula (Guatemala) Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Suriname) Colorful spider on a yellow egg sac (Costa Rica) Red-orange; black; white; and maroon caterpillar on underside of leaf (Peru) Fishing spider Orange, white, black and yellow orb spider Orange spider Orange and black harvestman Amazon spider Orb spider Orange spider Orange knee tarantula (Bracypelma smithi) Tunnel spider (Brazil) Unknown spider (Thailand) Fishing spider in Colombia Nephila orb spider (Costa Rica) Metallic spider (Malaysia) Katydid eating a mushroom (Peru) Brown spider Tarantula (Guatemala) Spider eating an ant (Malaysia) Spider (Indonesia) Thorn spider (Laos) Spider eating an ant (Malaysia) Multi-colored spider (Malaysia) Jungle spider that has constructed a nest by rolling a Heliconia leaf (Malaysia) Hyla tree frog in Peru Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Golden Orb Weaver Spider (female) (Costa Rica) Orange spider Gasteracanthinae spider (Masoala NP) Metallic spider (Malaysia) Red Thorn Spider Thorn spider (Masoala NP) Green spider eating a butterfly Spiny crab spider (Gasteracantha sp. Morelli?) Orb spider in Uganda (Uganda) Black spider with turquoise spots (Brazil) Black and white thorn spider (Nosy Mangabe) Giant bird-eating tarantula (Theraphosa blondi) Thorn spider (gasteracanthinae sub-family) (Masoala NP) horned spider; Thailand Spider Spider eating a black damselfly Giant spider Nephila spider (Thailand) Sumatran jumping spider with blue and yellow markings (Indonesia) Hundreds of tiny spiders Spider Orb spider with its legs tucked in Orb spider Spider Spider on leaf in Gabon (Gabon) Turquoise and black jumping spider Orb spider eating a grasshopper (Costa Rica) Rain forest spider that has constructed a nest by rolling a plant leaf (Malaysia) Nephila orb spider in Panama (pan02-1652) Orange, yellow, green, and black orb spider spiders: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7