James Christensen / Funnel-web Tarantula (Linothele sp) male, Hacienda San Vicente, Mindo, Ecuador

James Christensen / Funnel-web Tarantula (Linothele sp) male in rainforest, Hacienda San Vicente, Mindo, Ecuador

MYN / Clay Bolt / Funnel-web Tarantula (Dipluridae) Kanuku Mountains, Rupununi, Guyana, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Funnel-web Tarantula (Dipluridae) Kanuku Mountains, Rupununi, Guyana, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Funnel-web Tarantula (Dipluridae) Kanuku Mountains, Rupununi, Guyana, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Funnel-web tarantula (Nemesiidae) Sao Paulo, Brazil. meetyourneighbours.net project

James Christensen / Funnel-web Tarantula (Linothele sp) missing parts of legs, Sierra Llorona Lodge, Santa Rita Arriba, Panama

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / San Jose false tarantula (Calisoga sp.) portrait, Verve Biotech, Nebraska, USA. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / False tarantula (Calisoga longitarsus) portrait, Lindsay Wildlife Experience, California, USA. Captive.

Claudio Contreras / Funnel-web spider (Euagrus sp.) building web nest. Milpa Alta forest, outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico. June.

Bruce Thomson / Sydney funnel web spider (Atrax robustus) highly venomous spider, male with fangs and forelegs raised in strike pose, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Bruce Thomson / Sydney funnel web spider (Atrax robustus) highly venomous spider, close up of male with fangs and forelegs raised in strike pose, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.