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Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) - see original image number 01482830 EMBARGOED FOR NAT GEO UNTIL the end of 2015
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Alex Hyde / European cave spider (Meta menardi) pendulous egg sac containing its brood of young, hanging in cave, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. November.
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Alex Hyde / Female Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) carrying egg sac, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.
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Alex Hyde / Male Jumping spider (Euophrys frontalis) close up, Derbyshire, UK. May. Focus stacked image.
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Gil Wizen / Female Wandering spider (Phoneutria fera) guarding her swarm of offspring under a bed in a research station, Jatun Sacha Biological Station, Napo province, Amazon basin, Ecuador. Winner of Urban Wildl...
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Gil Wizen / Female Fishing spider (Dolomedes scriptus) stretching strands of silk from her spinnerets for weaving into her egg sac, Ontario, Canada. September. Winner of Invertebrates Category in the Wildlife Ph...
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Neil Challis / Giant golden orb weaver spider (Nephila pilipes) focus pull from a small male to much larger female in the background, Western Thailand.
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Alex Hyde / Common Orb Weaver (Metellina sp.) male. With the camera at a very precise angle to the sun, the silk of the web refracted the light into a rainbow of coloured bands.
Etienne Littlefair / Green ant mimic spider (Myrmarachne smaragdina), adult female hunting, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, March.
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Etienne Littlefair / Net-casting spider (Deinopis sp.), seen at night, awaiting passing prey items, the web net is thrown over prey to aid in capture. Wonga beach, north Queensland, Australia, February.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) on white flowerhead, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.
