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The walls of the Gomantong caves are teeming with tens of giant centipedes (Thereuopoda sp.). These large predators prey small spiders, cockroaches and they are also reported to feed the organic material on the ground floor by some guides, although it seems scientifically unconfirmed. They possess a pair of modified legs that have a stinger and can administer a painful sting if picked up by hands. To take this image I had to squeeze into a shallow crevice inside the cave’s wall, and I had some centipedes running on my body and face while taking this particular wide-angle shot

Life into the underground: a Borneo's story

Hyllus sp.

The tigers of the grass: jumping spiders (Salticidae)

O. smaragdina tightening the leaves together with its mandibles and legs to help the weavers with the larvae. Mangrove swamps near Kota Kinabalu

The green empire: the weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina)

Freshwater crab (Potamon fluviatile)

Claws in the river: Potamon fluviatile

African friged jumping spider (Portia schultzi), adult female portrait, South Africa

The hunter's hunter: Portia jumping spider

Saga pedo, Predatory Bush Cricket, subadult specimen, Italy

Green terror: the Predatory Bush Cricket, Saga pedo

Glass frog (Rulyrana spiculata), Cosnipata Valley (Peru). This species was just rediscovered in this valley after many years during which it apparently disappeared, its existence remaining in the shadow.

Saving frogs: a tale from Peru, with a global taste

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Masters of disguise: the art of appearing something else

Dendrobates tinctures warns about its toxicity with bright colors

Amphibians: toxins batteries and warning colours to survive

An adult Pamphobeteus sp. close to the tiny C. ventrimaculata

A forest's tale: the spider and the frog

Lycosa tarantula, Cres (Croatia)

Tarantola e Tarantella: storia di un mito

Deserta's wolf spider (Hogna ingens), Deserta Grande Island (Madeira, Portugal)

The island of the giant wolf spiders: Hogna ingens

A. compressa female delivering the "zombie" sting to the cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

The wasp with the passion for horror: Ampulex compressa

Soon, thousand eggs will be deposited on the water

The day of the frogs, the long cold journey for survival

Velvet worm (Peripatoides novaesealandiae), adult captive individual

The claw bearers: Velvet Worms

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