Spiders are members of the Arachnida family. Other members of this family include ticks, mites and scorpions, among others.

Lane Kirstein has entered the Arachnids category with an image of a mother wolf spider hunting in Saint Simons Island, Georgia. The mother might be busy hunting but still has all her babies piled ...

It is one of the largest of the wolf spider, Lycosidae, family of spiders. According to the Surrey Wildlife Trust, it has excellent eyesight - with wrap-around vision provided by eight black eyes ...