Plate 35: A Tarantula Wolf Spider(?) and Three Other Spiders

Joris Hoefnagel

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a large illustration of a spider at the center, with three smaller spiders around it, each suspended by their threads. The central spider is dark brown with black accents, while the smaller spiders have various pastel and muted tones, including yellows and browns. One spider is yellow with black stripes, located to the top left. Another is orange-brown and located to the right of the central spider. The third is pale yellow and positioned downwards to the left. The spiders are encircled by a thin, light brown oval frame, with text written above and to the right within the oval.