Tropical spiders

All the spiders you see here were photographed within Malaysia - mostly in the Peninsula. Only a couple of them were photographed in Sabah (East Malaysia, Borneo), either Danum Valley, or Maliau Basin.

Ant-mimic crab spider, Amyciaea lineatipes, mating! More bugs porn here:D


A male ant-mimic crab spider, Amyciaea lineatipes, with weaver ant prey

More ant-mimic spiders here.

Crab Spider (Thomisidae). Phrynarachne sp., Poring, Sabah.


Crab Spider (Thomisidae). Phrynarachne sp., Poring, Sabah.


Bird dung crab spider with wasp prey. A bonus fly too. Phrynarachne cf decipiens, Sabah


Orange crab spider on purple wildflower


A pinkish crab spider


Crab spider (Camaricus maugi) with treehopper prey


A Camaricus maugi crab spider with caterpillar prey. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


Camaricus maugi with tortoise beetle prey


Crab spider with ant prey. You can see bubbles in the ant's leg.


A crab spider with spider prey


Beautiful Eight-spotted Crab Spider (Platythomisus sp., P. octomaculatus?)  my buddies found for me . Singapore.


 Eight-spotted Crab Spider (Platythomisus sp., P. octomaculatus?)  my buddies found for me . Singapore.


Crab Spider


Crab Spider with cricket prey


Crab Spider


Tarantula (Coremiocnemis hoggi ?)






The compulsory portrait shot!




Tarantula in threat pose!


A big female tarantula (Coremiocnemis hoggi) we found on a fern leaf, eating a house centipede. We wondered if someone had lured her out of her lair and placed her on the fern, Pahang, Malaysia.


Mommy tarantula with her newly hatched spiderlings! Pahang, Malaysia.


Unidentified tarantula from a lowland forest in Selangor, Malaysia.


Unidentified tarantula, highlands of Pahang, Malaysia.


A mature male Coremiocnemis sp. Tarantula we found wandering around at night. Pahang, Malaysia


Unidentified tarantula from the highlands of Sabah, Borneo


Another unidentified one, from the same highlands in Sabah, Borneo


Giant armored trapdoor spider, Liphistius malayanus






Trapdoor Spider (Liphistius desultor), Kedah, Peninsula Malaysia.


Twig Like Feather Legged Spider, Uloboridae. Possibly Miagrammopes sp. ID credit: Nicky Bay.


Huntsman posing for me.


Huntsman spider with egg sac.


A really pretty female Heteropoda lunula






A huntsman spider enjoying beetle supper. Night find, Kuala Lumpur, Malayia.


A huntsman spider with house centipede prey! Can't recall ever seeing a house centipede fallen as prey before! Peninsular Malaysia.


A Scutigerid (house centipede - Scutigeridae) with huntsman spider prey. Not only the Scutigerid has up to 15 pairs of legs, the legs can be curled up to grab its prey too! Night find, Selangor, Malaysia.


Huntsman Spider (Sparassidae), Heteropoda sp., with Trabala sp. moth prey. Selangor, Malaysia.


Lichen huntsman spider with spiderlings. Check out my post on a huntsman life cycle here.




 A Malaysian black and gold huntsman (family Sparassidae, Thelcticopis sp., Tube-dwelling spiders) and a daredevil yellow crazy ant! LOL. Huge spider, 25mm body length!


Malaysian Black & Gold Huntsman (Thelcticopis sp.) with a Conehead Katydid (Macroxiphus sumatranus) for supper. Night find, Selangor, Malaysia.


Huntsman Spider (Sparassidae - Thelcticopis sp.) with a female Raspy Cricket (Family: Gryllacrididae).


This huntsman spider caught herself a mated queen ant (Camponotus sp.?). Selangor, Malaysia.


Green huntsman spider


A female green huntsman guarding her egg sac


Another gorgeous green huntsman, Olios sp.(?) on pink Cordyline terminalis plant. Merged from 4 shots. Tutorial on merging here.


Huntsman spider with eggssac. The spiderlings were about the hatch!


Huntsman spider with newly hatched spiderlings


One of the spiderlings from the same brood as above, on an empty egg sac.


Huntsman spider with winged termite prey


Heteropoda davidbowie(?)


Heteropoda davidbowie


with cricket prey


Heteropoda davidbowie I found on a wet night, Selangor, Malaysia.


A female Heteropoda davidbowie with eggsac, Poring, Sabah, Borneo.


A Heteropoda sp. huntsman spider with frog prey (Vermiculate Bush Frog - Philautus vermiculatus). Night herping, montane forest of Banjaran Bintang, Perak, Malaysia.






Thelcticopis sp. with prey


Heteropoda boiei


A gorgeous lichen huntsman spider, Pandercetes sp.


A mating pair of Lichen Huntsman Spider (Pandercetes sp.)


Pandercetes sp. female guarding her nest, with winged termite prey.


A really well camouflaged Pandercetes sp. spider on a tree trunk.


Huntsman Spider with cricket prey. Malaysia. Gnathopalystes sp.


A mating pair of huntsman spider (Sparassidae). Selangor, Malaysia. Gnathopalystes sp.


Momma huntsman with her newly hatched spiderlings. Selangor, Malaysia. Gnathopalystes sp.


Golden Huntsman spider (Sparassidae). Rhitymna sp.


A female Bolas spider with a much smaller male, Cyrtarachne fangchengensis


Common Garden Spider, Parawixia dehaani


Another Parawixia sp. spider


Ogre faced spider / net casting spider /gladiator spider, Deinopidae.

Ogre faced spider / net casting spider /gladiator spider, Deinopidae.


Ogre-faced Spider/ Net-casting Spider (Deinopidae - Deinopis sp.?) . Selangor, Malaysia.


A Lynx spider with beetle prey


A green lynx spider with red Dindymus sp. bug prey (family Pyrrhocoridae), from Danum Valley.


Lynx spider with winged termite prey


Lynx spider with Ponerine ant prey.


An egg guarding mom-to-be Lynx spider having a mosquito snack (Aedes aegypti) .


Wolf Spider with eggsac.


A wolf spider momma with spiderlings on her back


A beautiful spiny orb weaver, Macracantha arcuata






Long-horned Orb Weaver (Macracantha arcuata). Malaysia. Taken with the LaoWa 15mm F4 1:1 wide angle macro lens.


Gasteracantha doriae


Spiny orb weaver, Actinacantha globulata





A female Herennia spider.


A female Herennia sp. spider with caterpillar prey


The same female Herennia sp. spider with a much smaller male nearby


This female Ornamental Tree Trunk Spider (Herennia ornatissima) caught herself a cicada for late night supper. Selangor, Malaysia.


Raft spider/fishing spider (Dolomedes sp.)with dragonfly (Neurothemis ramburii) prey


A Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp.) feasting on a fresh water prawn. Penang, Malaysia.


A Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp.) feasting on a fresh water prawn. Penang, Malaysia.


Another raft spider/fishing spider but with a tiger moth prey.


A nursery web spider with eggsac.


A nursery web spider with jumping spider prey


Nursery web spider?


A nursery web spider with wasp prey?


Heurodes spider?


Spitting spider, Scytodes velutina(?) with babies.


Mommy spitting spider sharing her moth prey with her precious spiderlings :)


A closer look:


Another spitting spider with hatching spiderlings


Spitting Spider (Scytodidae) Montane forest, Pahang, Malaysia. Body length about 20mm.


Male Long-jawed Orb Weaver Tetragnathidae


Tetragnathid spider, Long Jawed Orb Weaver.


Portia sp. spider.


Big and beautiful jumping spider with her even bigger Christmas dinner - a Pisaurid I think. More than 4 hours on and she was still enjoying her big dinner. Christmas night macro, Selangor.


A jumping spider with lynx spider prey.


Tiny jumping spider with caterpillar prey. More jumping spiders here.


Big female jumping spider (Hyllus sp.) with a male jumping spider as prey. Malaysia.


Beautiful yellow, semi-translucent jumping spider with a fly prey. Selangor, Malaysia.


Male of the same species.


Male Bathippus sp jumping spider.


Big, cute and fluffy Jumping Spider (Hyllus cf giganteus - ID suggested by Faiz Qifa) Sabah (Borneo).


A handsome male Orsima ichneumon wasp mimic jumping spider. Check out some really cool ant-mimics here.


A female Orsima ichneumon 


A female green jumping spider, Epeus sp.  guarding her precious eggs...the eggs were about to hatch anytime soon!


Another egg guarding Epeus sp. mom chasing away an ant


Epeus sp. female jumping spider with her precious bunch of spiderlings.

A Viciria sp. mommy jumping spider with her spiderlings.


 Viciria sp. jumping spider life cycle, from eggs to spiderlings

See a complete life cycle series from eggs to spiderlings of a Viciria sp. family here.

Jumping spider with newly hatched spiderlings. More motherly love from the invertebrates here.


Male ant mimic jumping spider, Myrmarachne sp.. More mimicry here.


Female ant-mimic jumping spider, Myrmarachne sp.


Male ant-mimic jumping spider, Myrmarachne plataleoides


Male ant-mimic jumping spider, Myrmarachne plataleoides


Female ant-mimic jumping spider, Myrmarachne plataleoides


Male Ant-mimic jumping spider, Myrmarachne sp.


Male Ant-mimic jumping spider, Myrmarachne sp.


Male Ant-mimic jumping spider, Myrmarachne sp.


Male black ant-mimic jumping spider, Myrmarachne maxillosa with planthopper nymph prey.


An ant-mimic spider (Myrmaranche sp.) with prey - a winged ant, i believe.


Jumping spider with Malay Baron caterpillar prey


An unidentified Salticid. A mimicry of Camaricus maugi above? More about it here.


Big Jumping Spider having another spider for dinner. Night find, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


A female orb weaver, Acusilas malaccensis, with stunning colors, guarding her precious egg sac.


An orb weaver spider with her lunch


An assassin bug trapped in a spider's web


Spiders don't always win. Sometimes they fall victim to wasps!

Wasp with spider prey


Blue wasp with spider prey


The same wasp in my palm :D


Jumping spider down


Wasp with crab spider prey


Wasp with orb weaver prey


Wasp with jumping spider prey


Wasp with huntsman prey


Wasp with spider prey


Pompilidae wasp with crab spider (Camaricus maugi) prey.


Zodariid ground spider with ant prey


Another Zodariid with ant prey.


I normally see Zodariid spiders with ant prey but this one caught herself an assassin bugs. Totally cool!


A golden comb footed spider with egg sac and newly hatched spiderlings!


Golden comb footed spider with wasp for supper


No ID, with prey.


Aetius nocturnus, Ant-mimic sac spider


Portrait of a Caerostris sumatrana


Caerostris sp., Selangor, Malaysia. One of the cutest spider faces ever!


Another Caerostris sp. spider I found at night.


Nothing but the broken end of a twig here, right?

It is actually the rear  end of a cute Caerostris sp. spider! See the legs!

This clever spider knows how to camouflage another way too!


Caerostris sp. in her web.


Caerostris webs are really sturday. This bat was caught in one but it managed to break free after a while.


Wrap-around Spider (Dolophones sp.) and a beetle. Selangor, Malaysia.

Wrap-around Spider (Dolophones sp.). Selangor, Malaysia.


Wrap-around Spider (Dolophones sp.) in its web. Selangor, Malaysia.


Check out an animated gif of a pair of Dolophones sp. spiders here.

A two tailed spider, Hersilia sp. with prey.


Argiope spider with prey


Poltys mouhoti spider


Similar Poltys mouhoti  spider, with shorter "stalk"


A much bigger Poltys mouhoti spider


Tree-Stump Spider (Poltys sp) with spiky abdomen. Pahang, Malaysia. Reminds me of durian :D


Rear view of the same durian Poltys sp. spider!


Side view of the durian Poltys sp. spider


A different Poltys sp. in camouflage mode, Selangor, Malaysia


Poltys sp.


A Clubionidae sac spider with caddisfly prey


Male and female Clubionidae(?) in the same nest


Romphaea sp. male spider, Theridiidae.


A Nephila spider with lunch


A molting Golden Web Spider
(Nephila pilipes), and an opportunistic male taking advantage of her. Also an Argyrodes at the bottom left. Selangor,  Malaysia.

Wandering Spider (Ctenidae)


Wandering Spider (Ctenidae)


More Ctenidae



 Eriovixia laglaizei (Simon, 1877) orb weaver with supper


Sandokanidae harvestmans trying to enjoy some intimate moments while a Polyrhachis ant came intruding on them.


A Sandokanidae  harvestman enjoying its escargot supper.


A Sandokanidae  harvestman enjoying its escargot supper.


More spiders related posts:

1. Ant-mimic crab spider eating weaver ant
2. More ant-mimic spiders
3. Wonderful jumping spiders
4. Ant-mimic crab spider - mating!
5. Male red ant-mimic jumping spider
6. Tropical spiders
7. Jumping spider life cycle
8. Lichen huntsman life cycle

   
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