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Mexican Blond Tarantula (Aphonopelma chalcodes). Central America House Spider (Tegenaria gigantea) female. Spiked spider (Gasteracantha sp) eating its web as it winds it in. East Africa Dewy orb web. Finland Unfinished orb web with dew. Finland False Scorpion (Lamprochernes nodosus). Baboon spider. Baboon Spider (unidentified) in defensive posture. Giant Red Mite (unidentified) emerging after rain. Giant Red Mite (unidentified) emerging after rain. Spider's web and palm frond. Queensland, Australia Engorged Sheep Tick (Ixodes ricinus). Dew-covered spider's web. Sunbeams lighting spider's webs in tropical rainforest. Queensland, Australia Dewy cob-web on a tree. Surrey, England Land hermit crab (Coenolita species), southern Madagascar. Land hermit crab (Coenolita species), southern Madagascar. Land hermit crab (Coenolita species) withdrawn and emerging, southern Madagascar. Land hermit crab (Coenolita species) emerging cautiously, southern Madagascar. Land hermit crab (Coenolita species), southern Madagascar. Land hermit crab (Coenolita species), southern Madagascar. Marine shrimp (Gammarus sp). Brine shrimp (Artemia salina) male clasping egg-laden female. Brine shrimp (Artemia salina) male showing claspers. Brine shrimp (Artemia salina) female with fertilised eggs in pouch. Common Prawn (Leander serratus) female with eggs. Common Prawn (Leander serratus) female with eggs. Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) female carrying eggs in pouch. Freshwater Shrimp (Gammarus pulex) juvenile. Marine Shrimp (Jassa falacata). Opossum Shrimp (Praunus flexuosus) female with enlarged brood pouch. Opossum shrimp (Praunus flexuosus) female with enlarged brood pouch. Common Prawn (Leander serratus) developing eggs. Common Prawn (Leander serratus) newly hatched larva. Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) eggs with hatched and hatching nauplius larvae. Pair of Common Prawns (Leander serratus) at night. Note eye reflection. Freshwater Shrimp (Gammarus pulex). Marine Shrimp (Jassa falcata). Prawn (Athanus nitiscens) showing contracted chromatophores. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas). Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas). Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) in defensive posture. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) in defensive posture. Strawberry Shrimp (Lysmata debelius). Adult Common Hermit Crab (Eupagurus bernhardus) in Whelk shell with commensal anemones. North Atlantic Freshwater Shrimp (Gammarus pulex) female with young emerging from pouch. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) eggs with developing larvae. Atlantic Freshwater Shrimp (Gammarus pulex) female with young emerging from pouch. Fairy Shrimps (Branchinecta species). Tadpole Shrimp (Triops longicaudatus) sloughed skin. Tadpole Shrimp (Triops longicaudatus) immature. Tadpole Shrimps or Apus (Triops longicaudatus). Tadpole Shrimp (Triops longicaudatus) immature. European Lobster (Homarus vulgaris). Common Land Crab (Gecarcinus ruricola). Barbados, West Indies. Fiddler Crab (Uca tangeri) male using its enlarged claw for territorial display. Eastern Atlantic Pea Crab (Pinnotheres pisum) female inside the shell of a mussel. Argyll, Scotland. Sand Crab (Ocypode species) excavating its burrow. Kenya Sand Crab (Ocypode species) excavating its burrow. Kenya Fiddler Crab (Uca tangeri) male using its small claw to feed on particles in sand. Sierra Leone, Africa. Mantis Shrimp (Squilla empusa). Common Prawn (Leander serratus) at night showing dark-adapted eyes reflecting. Atlantic coasts Common Prawn (Leander serratus) female with eggs.
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