ArachnoPHILIA
Spiders (and all arachnids!) are amazing creatures. Rather than promoting the fear of spiders, this list seeks to highlight their beauty!
Christine Young created this list 6 years ago
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A beautiful tarantula on a tree trunk in Sri Lanka -
A Ghost Ornamental Tarantula on a small tree trunk -
Giant scorpion on the prowl -
One of the world's largest scorpions would like to say hello -
Colonus puerperus -
Pseudoscorpion -
Microscopic Oecobius navus -
Fungus infected spider, Ranomafana, Madagascar -
Tropical orbweaver - body, Ranomafana, Madagascar -
green jumping spider -
Jumping spider -
Six-spotted Orbweaver - Araniella displicata -
![White Jumping Spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6000 described species,[1] making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species.[2] Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Although they normally move unobtrusively and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats or crossing long gaps. Both their book lungs and tracheal system are well-developed, and they use both systems (bimodal breathing). Jumping spiders are generally recognized by their eye pattern. All jumping spiders have four pairs of eyes, with the anterior median pair being particularly large Cosmophasis micarioides,Garden jumping spider,Geotagged,Malaysia,Opisthoncus parcedentatus,Plexippus paykulli,Spring](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3800/84235_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=eupvCkzvN%2Fi3WX%2B5UpFkNKT4rYY%3D)
White Jumping Spider -
Autumnal orb weaver -
Black spider, Ranomafana, Madagascar -
Wasp_Spider -
Funnel web spider, Ranomafana, Madagascar -
Weaver of Gold -
Christmas All Year!! -
Anelosimus sp., Ranomafana, Madagascar -
Red-legged golden orb-web spider, Ranomafana, Madagascar -
Asemonea tenuipes, Kaduruketha, Sri Lanka -
Asianopis subrufa male -
Gray wall jumper, Antananarivo, Madagascar