Of all the worlds creepy-crawlies, nothing brings that feeling of dread and fear for many like a spider. In virtually every case the fear is completely irrational, although if you find a Brazilian Wandering Spider in a supermarket bunch of bananas you have our permission to run like hell…

Despite popular belief, spiders are not always the predator in the macro world, often coming off second best to the occasional centipede or wasp, but very few arthropods have spiders as their main diets. One such creature is Isometroides vescus, the Australian Spiral Burrow, or Spider-hunting Scorpion. With a diet almost exclusively made up of Wolf Spiders (Lycosa), this charming little monster wanders Australia stuffing its face with hairy legs.

Found all over Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, Tahiti and Samoa, and growing up to 6cm (2.4″) in length, this orangey-yellow scorpion is not deadly to humans, although they are venomous.