This spider (Arigope bruennichi) spent the whole night making theis enormous egg in the apex of our tent. She must have thought she'd found a perfectly safe place away from the rain!
Unusual red spotted spider seen high on the Pas de Peyrol in the Massif Central:
Rather nice green spider that was hunting mosquitos in the roof of our tent:
Saw this interesting spider in Russia in June 2003:
Happy spider wraps up a tasty meal in Tuva, Russia in August:
Spider with eggs in a guesthouse in Laos:
Spiders seen in Khao Sok National Park, Thailand, June 2004. The left hand one is actually a shed skin. The right hand one is a spiny orbweaver, Gasteracantha sp.
Cave dwelling spiders seen in Khao Sok, Thailand. I'm not sure if the whipspider is really a scorpion or not, but it has eight legs plus the front claws and no tail.
The Asian forest scorpion, Heterometrus sp. battles our bicycle pump:
Spiders from the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia:
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