Araneae Gallery

Hyas araneus, great spider crab

Plate 112 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cook's third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

18th Century, Adventure, Anatomy, Animal, Animals, Arachnid, Arachnida, Araneae, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Brachyura, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook, Claw, Cook, Crab, Crustacea, Crustacean, Decapod, Decapoda, Discovery, Ellis, Expedition, Exploration, Great, Great Spider Crab, Hyas, Hyas Araneus, Illustration, Invertebrata, Invertebrate

Salticus senecus, zebra jumping spider

Scanning electron microscope image of a zebra jumping spider from the UK (x 35). Note the two large eyes that give them excellent binoular vision. Coloured artificially on computer

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

Anatomy, Animal, Animals, Arachnid, Arachnida, Araneae, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Colour, Day, Day Time, Daytime, Electron, Electron Micrograph, Epitheria, Equid, Equidae, Equine, Equus, Eutheria, Eye, Hippomorpha, Invertebrata, Invertebrate, Jumping, Jumping Spider, Leg, Mammal, Mammalia, Mammals, Micrograph

Tegenaria gigantia, house spider

It's usually the males which are seen struggling in baths, as they tend to wander in searching for females and get stuck. The males have longer legs and slimmer abdomens that the females

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

Agelenidae, Animal, Animals, Arachnid, Arachnida, Araneae, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Bath, Crawly, Creepy, Funnel Weaver, Funnel Web Spider, Giant House Spider, Hairy, House, House Spider, Invertebrata, Invertebrate, One, Outside, Plug, Spider, Teganaria, Tegenaria, Tegenaria Duellica, Tegenaria Gigantea, Wildlife