Alex Hyde / Jumping spider (Euophrys frontalis) male amongst flower petals, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, June.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Dew covered spider's web with pink flowering heather in the background, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August . 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Bernard Castelein / Funnel-web spider (Agelena labyrinthica) Brasschaat, Belgium, July.

Alex Hyde / Egg sac of European Cave Spider (Meta menardi) suspended from roof of limestone cave. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. January.

Alex Hyde / Crab Spider {Xysticus cristatus} male, Austrian Alps, June 2009.

Alex Hyde / Regal Jumping Spider (Phidippus regius) female. Captive, endemic to North America.

Nick Garbutt / Net-casting / Ogre-faced Spider (Deinopis sp.) with net. Active at night. Masoala National Park, Madagascar.

Bernard Castelein / Spiny Orbwever Spider (Gastheracantha cancriformis) on web, Jozani Chwaka Bay NP, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Alex Hyde / Zebra spider {Salticus scenicus} on leaf, Peak District National Park, May 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) yellow form on yellow Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina) showing asymmetry in front leg length, Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Alex Hyde / Malagasy green lynx spider {Peucetia madagascariensis}. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Jumping Spider {Euophrys frontalis} male on purple flower, Peak District National Park, May.

Stephen Dalton / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) feeding on Stickleback fish prey, UK, Pisauridae

Stephen Dalton / European water spider {Argyroneta aquatica} underwater, close up showing large jaws, UK, Argyrometidae

Alex Hyde / House Spider male (Tegenaria domestica) in a stairwell at night, with person approaching. Derbyshire, UK. September.

Alex Hyde / Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} with web held between legs that it will stretch over prey that walks below it. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) female. Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, UK, September.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Spider's web with dew on the Piano Grande, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May.

Stephen Dalton / Fence post jumper spider (Marpissa muscosa) jumping, Multiflash sequence of six images, England, UK.

Alex Hyde / Regal Jumping Spider (Phidippus regius) male, close-up showing irridescent mandibles. Captive. Endemic to North America.

John Cancalosi / Desert tarantula {Aphonopelma sp} Sonoran desert, Arizona, USA.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Arndt / Labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinthica) waiting for prey on web, Parc naturel regional du Haut-Languedoc, Caroux, France, July 2009

Alex Hyde / Regal Jumping Spider (Phidippus regius) female, showing irridescent mandibles. Captive, endemic to North America.

Stephen Dalton / Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) on grass seedhead, UK, Araneidae

Stephen Dalton / Jumping spider (Salticus scenicus) male showing large palps, UK, Salticidae

Stephen Dalton / Orb weaver spider {Araneus quadratus} close up of spinnerets weaving web, UK, Araneidae

Stephen Dalton / Long jawed / Slender orb weaver spider {Tetragnatha extensa} weaving a web near water, UK, Araneidae

Stephen Dalton / Wasp / Orb weaver spider {Argiope bruennichi} close up of spinnerets weaving a web, UK, Araneidae

Laurie Campbell / Garden Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus),~Scotland, UK, October

Stephen Dalton / Jumping spider (Evarcha arcuata) jumping, UK, Salticidae

Alex Hyde / Female Jumping Spider {Evarcha falcata} in limestone quarry, Peak District National Park, UK. May.

Juergen Freund / White spider (Araneidae) on web with zig-zag stabilmentum, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Edwin Giesbers / Multicoloured orb weaver spider (Argiope versicolor) female on web, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Juergen Freund / Beautifully spun spider web, with spiral stabilimentum, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Stephen Dalton / Slender orb weaver spider (Tetragnatha extensa) on grass flower head, UK

Edwin Giesbers / Giant wood / Golden orb spider (Nephila pilipes) on web, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Alex Hyde / Wasp spider female (Argiope bruennichi) female on gorse flowers, Thursley Common National Nature Reserve, Surrey, UK, August 2011.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Wolf spider {Lycosa vultuosa} near its burrow, South Moldova, June 2009

Roland Seitre / Greenbottle Blue Tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens). Captive. Vivarium parque del Este Vivarium, Caracas, Venezuela. Endemic to Venezuela and other tropical South American countries.

Stephen Dalton / Close up of leg of Mexican red-knee tarantula spider (Brachypelma smithi) controlled conditions

B&S Draker / Texas Brown Tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzi) adult at sunset in defense posture. Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, May.

Alex Hyde / Jumping Spider (Sitticus sp.) found on a mountain ridge at 2800 metres altitude, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) female waiting for prey on head of Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum segetum) in flower, garden, Orvieto, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Monkey orchid (Orchis simia) with green huntsman spider (Micrommata virescens), Italy, May.

MD Kern / Palo Alto JR Museum / European Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus), eating fly, captive.

Stephen Dalton / American house spider {Parasteatoda tepidariorum} embryo spiderlings in egg sac, USA

MD Kern / Palo Alto JR Museum / European Garden Spider, (Araneus diadematus) on web, captive.

Alex Hyde / House Spider female (Tegenaria sp.) in garden shed. Derbyshire, UK, March.

Alex Hyde / White form of Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumenia vatia) camouflaged on umbellifer flowers preparing to ambush a fly. Devon, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on yellow flower. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Solvin Zankl / Crab spider (Xysticus cristatus) on Ox-eye daisy flower, Germany

Krista Schlyer / Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans) on Yellow pitcher plant (Sarracinia flava) Green Swamp, North Carolina, USA. September.

Andy Sands / Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) female on web showing classic zig zag pattern, Hertfordshire, England, UK. September. Focus stacked image

Denis-Huot / Spider web with spider and prey, covered in dew, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Alex Hyde / Ground wolf-spider (Trochosa terricola) female, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Alex Hyde / Female Nursery web spider {Pisaura mirabilis} carrying egg sac, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK

Paul Harcourt Davies / Garden Spiderlings (Araneus diadematus) mass dispersing under threat, Mt Rufeno Reserve, Lazio, Italy, April

Jose B. Ruiz / Female Wolf spider carries young on back, sand dunes, Spain

Dietmar Nill / Jumping Spider, Germany

Alex Hyde / Long-jawed orbweaver (Metellina segmentata) in web at sunset. Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinthica) in funnel web. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Stephen Dalton / Ladybird spider (Eresus cinnaberinus)male, Dorset, UK. In England this extremely rare spider has a habitat confined to a quarter acre patch in Dorset, and the male only appears above ground for a few...

Hans Christoph Kappel / Trapdoor spider emerging from its den; note 'door' pushed to one side, Spain.

Alex Hyde / Labyrinth Spider (Agelena labyrinthica) awaiting prey in its funnel web. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1700 metres altitude, July.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Spider's web with dew droplets, spread between grasses covered in frost, Hampshire, England, UK, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Web of a European Garden / Cross spider (Araneus diadematus) Ghimbavul Valley Gorge, Arges County, Leota Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

Jose B. Ruiz / Wolf spider with her egg case, Spain

Stephen Dalton / Wolf spider (Pardosa sp) carrying spiderlings on back and feeding on insect prey, UK, Lycosidae

Jan Hamrsky / Water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) detail of air bubble around its abdomen, Europe, July, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / Water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) refilling its air supply, Europe, July, controlled conditions

Michael D. Kern / Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) female, captive, from Venezuela

Nick Gordon / Tarantula spider {Theraphosa leblondi} with legs raised in defense in rainforest, Venezuela