"arachnid"

#13035914

29 November 2025

A one-legged female huntsman spider guards its egg sac inside a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 26, 2025.

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#13035916

29 November 2025

A one-legged female huntsman spider guards its egg sac inside a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 26, 2025.

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#13035918

29 November 2025

A one-legged female huntsman spider guards its egg sac inside a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 26, 2025.

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#13035920

29 November 2025

A one-legged female huntsman spider guards its egg sac inside a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 26, 2025.

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#13035922

29 November 2025

A one-legged female huntsman spider guards its egg sac inside a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 26, 2025.

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#12978679

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12978682

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12978687

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12978689

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12978699

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12978701

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12978703

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12978709

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12800235

27 September 2025

A tree trunk spider (Hersiliidae), also known as a two-tailed spider or long-spinneret bark spider, hangs from its web on a house window beside an artificial light source at night, in Tehatta, India, on September 25, 2025

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#12800241

27 September 2025

A tree trunk spider (Hersiliidae), also known as a two-tailed spider or long-spinneret bark spider, hangs from its web on a house window beside an artificial light source at night, in Tehatta, India, on September 25, 2025

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#12790726

24 September 2025

A rare Armored or Spiny Trapdoor Spider (family Idiopidae) was discovered under a mat in a house in Tehatta, in India's West Bengal state, on September 3, 2025.

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