Our spider of the month is this fishing spider (Nilus sp.) found by Benanta Smit. She found the spider in her pool, and shortly after she fished her out, it started moulting. Unfortunately the spider had a mismoult, and her four left legs were stuck in her exuvia. Benanta managed to free two of the legs, … Read more

Our spider of the month is this Camaricus nigrotesselatus found by Kelly Gottschalk in Sabie, Mpumalanga. She was busy photographing some bird’s nest fungi when this spider popped up from underneath. Camaricus species are part of the crab spider family (Thomisidae), which is one of the largest spider families in the world (with more than 2 100 … Read more

This month’s spider of the month is Elize Vega Eveleigh’s Deinopis sp. (ogre-faced spider) that she found at Skukuza rest camp. These spiders are certainly interesting enough to be chosen as the spider of the month, and this brilliant stacked photo just adds to the reason we chose it. Elize used 12 photos to stack this … Read more