Title

Giant Fishing Spider

Caption

Giant Fishing Spider (Ancylometes sp.) adult pair, mating, the male ties the legs of the female with silk in front of mating in a behaviour called bridal bondage, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Date

Jul 01, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Emanuele Biggi

Reference

BRK22G32_443

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,1Mb (1,5Mb) / 17,7in x 11,9in / 5315 x 3558 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 2 animals American Ancylometes bogotensis Arachnid Arachnida Araneae Arthropod Arthropoda Arthropods Ctenidae Minas Gerais Spider web Trechaleidae Two Animals Wandering spider Wandering spiders Water hunting spider adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal couple animal depiction animal depictions animal figure animal figures animal form animal motiv animal pair animal pairs animal representation animal-like animal-shaped animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour cobweb cobwebs copula copulate copulating copulation couple couples depiction depictions female female animal female animals females illustration image image motif leg legs maiting pair male male animal male animals males mate mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time matings mature matures net nets out outdoor outdoors outside pair pair of animals pairing poisonous representation reproduction reproductions rutting season sex sexual intercourse silk silks social behavior social behaviour social behaviours spider spider figure spider figures spider web spider's web spiders thread threads tie toxic two tying web wild animal wild animals zoomorphic Brazil Fabrics Lycosoidea spin spinning stuff stuffs Entelegynae Latin America South America entelegynes America South American