The spider of the month is this hedgehog spider (Pycnacantha sp.; most likely P. tribulus) photographed by Marique Kirwan in the Schurveberg mountains, Gauteng, South Africa. This spider received 41% of the votes. The spider was found perching on a low branch of a karee tree, with one strand of silk attached to a leaf … Read more

The spider of the month is this female Stegodyphus sp. in the velvet spider family (Eresidae). Hannes Claassens hereby becomes our first three-time winner, and funnily enough, all three wins were with three different velvet spiders. It seems like Hannes has found a winning recipe. There are 20 recorded Stegodyphus spp. in the world, with … Read more

The spider of the month is this subadult male ogre-faced spider (Deinopis sp.), taken by Andrea Sander in Drummond, KZN. While she usually looks for these spiders outside at night, she found this one inside her house on a wall in the morning. She also said: “He was very chilled. The thing I found very fascinating is … Read more