Nick Upton / Wandering or Running crab spider (Philodromus cf. aureolus) hunting on low vegetation in a garden, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Running crab spider (Philodromus sp.) female guarding egg sac. Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, UK. August.

Chris Mattison / Turf-running spider (Philodromus cespitum) Gower, South Wales, UK, June.

Stephen Dalton / Running crab spider (Philodromus dispar) immature male. Sussex, England, UK. October.

MYN / Tim Hunt / Running crab spider (Philodromus dispar) Barnt Green, Worcestershire, UK, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

Stephen Dalton / Running crab spider (Philodromus histrio) Sussex, England, UK, September.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lichen Spider (Philodromus margaritatus) camouflaged on lichen near Orveito, Umbria, Italy, September

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lichen Spider (Philodromus margaritatus) camouflaged on lichen near Orveito, Umbria, Italy, September

Stephen Dalton / Running / House Crab Spider (Philodromus dispar) female, feigning death. Sussex, UK, December.

Stephen Dalton / Running / House Crab Spider (Philodromus dispar) on leaf. Sussex, UK, December.

Stephen Dalton / Running crab spider (Philodromus dispar) male, UK, Philodromidae

Stephen Dalton / Running crab spider (Philodromus fallax) two camouflaged on sand dune, UK