Sergio Hanquet / Arrow crab (Sternorhynchus lanceolatus). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to and catching a fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

Phil Savoie / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) bringing Crab spider (Misumena vatia) prey to nest, Monmouthshire Wales, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on yellow flower. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Pascal Kobeh / Aggregation of thousands of Spider crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii) for moulting, South Australia Basin, Australia. Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Aggregation of thousands of Spider crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii) for moulting, South Australia Basin, Australia. Pacific Ocean.

Sue Daly / Long legged spider crab (Macropodia) walking across the seabed, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, June.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / squinado) pair on rock covered with red algae, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Great spider crab (Hyas araneus) on Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, feeding in a current, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fishermen aboard a small fishing boat packing a container full of Spiny spider crabs (Maja Squinado), caught using tangle nets, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2011

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Long legged spider crab (Macropodia rostrata) on Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum). Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Leach's spider crab (Inachus phalangium) sheltering from the current beneath tentacles of Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) Selsey, West Sussex, UK, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Aggregation of Spider crabs (Maja squinado) in shallow water off Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK, August. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Chris Shields / Illustration of crab spider (Thanatus striatus) Philodromidae,.

Graham Eaton / Spiny Spider Crab (Maja squinado) with claws raised in an aggressive posture, in a fast tide, Abersoch, Wales, UK, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) female alert for prey on a flower, Italy

Jeff Rotman / Japanese Giant Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) World's Largest Crustacean in Tokyo Aquarium, Japan.

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Crab spider (probably Thomisus onustus) preying on a Bush cricket (Tettigoniidae) on Musk thistle flower (Carduus nutans / macrocephalus) near Skrka lake, Hutovo Blato Nature Park, Bosnia and Herzegov...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) yellow form on yellow Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina) showing asymmetry in front leg length, Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitlan / Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) yellow form, portrait, on yellow Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION Wild Wonders kids boo...

Alex Hyde / Crab Spider {Xysticus cristatus} male, Austrian Alps, June 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Crab spider (Misumena sp) on Euphorbia, Queyras, France, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Crab spider (Misumena sp) on flower, Queyras Natural Park, France, May 2009

Laurent Geslin / Female Common crab spider (Xysticus cristatus) feeding on fly in garden, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Spiny spider crab (Maja squinado) on seaweed, Malta, Mediteranean, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Spiny spider crab (Maja squinado) Malta, Mediteranean, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Crab spider (Misumena sp) on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) covered in water droplets, San Marino, May 2009 WWE BOOK PLATE.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Female Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) with moth prey, San Marino, May 2009 Wild Wonders kids book.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Crab spider (Misumena sp) on Elecampane (Inula helenium) waiting for prey, San Marino, May 2009

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) in a Foxglove flower waiting for prey, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Great spider crab (Hyas araneus) decorated with hydroids, Moere coastline, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Long-legged spider crab (Macropodia rostrata) on a new kelp leaf, Moere coastline, Norway, February 2009

Jurgen Freund / Soft coral crab / Dendronephthya crab (Hoplophrys oatesii) camouflaged on the tip of a soft coral. Indo-pacific

Georgette Douwma / Arrowhead crab (Huenia heraldica) on soft coral. Rinca, Indonesia

Andy Sands / Goldenrod / Crab spider {Misumena vatia} female on Pyramidal orchid. France.

Jurgen Freund / Decorator spider crab {Camposcia refusa}. Indo-Pacific

Jeff Rotman / Spider crab {Schizophrys sp} on soft coral {Dendronepthya sp} Bismarck sea, Papua New Guinea

Jurgen Freund / Arrow crab on sponge (Stenorhynchus seticornis) Caribbean

Chien Lee / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) feeding on tree frog prey, Digul River, Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) feeding on young Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata), Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) juvenile, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) mother with spiderlings, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Crab Spider (Thomisidae) with Ant (Tetraponera sp) prey, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Peter Schwarz/ BIA / Yellow Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) camouflaged on flower, Dalmatia, Croatia

Michael Quinton / Crab Spider (Diaea dorsata) camouflaged on yellow flower, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Crab Spider (Thomisidae) camouflaged on flower, Alaska

Mark Moffett / Crab Spider (Thomisidae) on Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) practices cannibalism

Nick Upton / Crab spider (Xysticus cristatus) waiting for insect prey under a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flowerhead in a chalk grassland meadow, UK, July.