Paul Bertner / Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha falcicornis), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp) in web, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Ingo Arndt / Four spot orbweaver spider hanging from thread {Araneus quadratus} Germany

Pal Hermansen / Garden cross spider (Araneus diadematus) on web, Norway.

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

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

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Dew covered spider's web with pink flowering heather in the background, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. Did you know? Spiders silk is one of the strongest materials in nature, equallin...

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.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Female Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) wrapping up fly prey with silk on web spun in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire England, UK, September . Property released.

Konrad Wothe / Girl looking at Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) on web. Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe, September. Model released.

Edwin Giesbers / Orb Weave spider (Argiope sp.) weaving web, Sarawak Borneo, Malaysia, June

Stephen Dalton / Garden spider {Araneus diadematus} constructing its orb web, UK, Sequence 5/5 , The final web is complete. Note that although all the final sticky spirals are visible, most of the radials are invisibl...

Stephen Dalton / Silver argiope spider (Argiope argentata) juvenile on web showing stabilimentum, Costa Rica

Stephen Dalton / Cucumber spider (Araniella cucurbitina) in its web, UK, Araneidae

Stephen Dalton / House spider (Tegenaria sp) lurking at entrance of funnel web, UK, Agelenidae

Silvia Reiche / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Bernard Castelein / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) hanging on web with shadow behind, Belgium

Thomas Marent / Banana Spider (Nephila clavipes) female and smaller male, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp) their abdomen, or opisthosoma, is heavily sclerotized and armed with hard spines possibly to protect against birds and lizards, Solomon Islands

Nick Garbutt / Giant Orb-web Spider {Nephila madagascariensis} Mantadia NP, Madagascar.

Kim Taylor / Forest spider {Argiope sp}, note stabilimentum in centre of web, East Africa

Rolf Nussbaumer / Orb web spider on web {Tetragnathidae} Texas, USA.

Bernard Castelein / Bordered orb-weaver spider (Neoscona adianta) on dew covered web, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Bernard Castelein / Bordered orbweaver (Neoscona adianta), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Cyclosa sp) camouflaged on branch in web, Tambopata Research Center, Peru

Jeff Foott / Banana Spider (Nephila clavipes), Alexander Springs Recreation Area, Florida

Piotr Naskrecki / Golden Orb-web Spider (Nephila komaci), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Golden Orb-web Spider (Nephila komaci) feeding on grasshopper prey, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Longjawed Orb Weaver (Nephilengys cruentata) spinning web with silk, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Longjawed Orb Weaver (Nephilengys cruentata) spinning web with silk, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Box Kite Spider (Isoxya tabulata), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Banded-legged Golden Orb-web Spider (Nephila senegalensis), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Chien Lee / Orb-weaver Spider (Paraplectana sp), ladybird mimic, Muara Wahau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Orb-weaver Spider (Augusta glyphica), Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Banana Spider (Nephila clavipes) male and much larger female, Taironaka Lodge, Colombia

Paul Bertner / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp), Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Encyosaccus sexmaculatus), ladybird mimic, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Giant Orb-weaving Spider (Nephila madagascariensis) in web, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha falcicornis), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Cyclosa sp) in web, Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Paul Bertner / Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha versicolor), Ranomafana National Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Acantharachne milloti) hunting with bolas, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Acantharachne milloti), Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Eriovixia sp), bird dropping mimic, Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam

Paul Bertner / Spider (Caerostris sp), Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp) in web, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

James Dunbar / Pair of Garden spiders (Araneus) feeding together, England, UK, September.

James Dunbar / Pair of Garden spiders (Araneus) feeding together, England, UK, September.

James Dunbar / Male Orb-weaving spiders (Araneus) competing to access a female's web, Bristol, England, UK,September.

James Dunbar / Orb spiders (Araneus) mating, Bristol, England, UK, July.

Ingo Arndt / Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) on web with dew drops, Germany, September.

Ingo Arndt / Spider (Nephila sp.) male sitting on female, in centre of web, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Newly hatched Garden spiderlings (Araneus diadematus) in web, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Newly hatched Garden Spiderlings (Araneus diadematus) in web, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caught in an Orb weavers web with spider about to feed on it, Cape May, New Jersey, USA

Ingo Arndt / Slender orbweaver spider {Tetragnatha extensa} on grass, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Slender orbweaver spider {Tetragnatha extensa} on grass, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Garden orbweaver spider on stabilimentum of web {Argiope savigny} Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Slender orbweaver spider {Tetragnatha extensa} on grass, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Slender orbweaver spider {Tetragnatha extensa} on grass, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Fly caught in web of Garden spider {Araneus diadematus} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Arrow-shaped orbweaver spider {Microthena brevipes} Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Spinybacked orbweaver spider, white colour morph, Florida, USA {Gasteracantha cancriformis}

Ingo Arndt / Spinybacked orbweaver spider, yellow colour morph, Costa Rica {Gasteracantha cancriformis}

Ingo Arndt / Spinybacked orbweaver spider, white colour morph, Florida, USA {Gasteracantha cancriformis}

Ingo Arndt / Four spot orbweaver spider hanging from thread {Araneus quadratus} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Golden silk orbweaver / Banana spider on web {Nephila clavipes} Florida, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Wasp spider {Argiope bruennichi} female with dragonfly prey in web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Black + yellow argiope spider, juvenile camouflaged on stabilimentum of web, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Wasp spider {Argiope bruennichi} female on web near stabilimum, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Spinybacked orbweaver spider, yellow colour morph, Costa Rica {Gasteracantha cancriformis}

Ingo Arndt / Arrow-shaped orbweaver spider {Microthena sagittata} Florida, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Black and yellow argiope spider, juvenile on stabilimentum of web, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Arrow-shaped orbweaver spider {Microthena sagittata} Florida, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Golden silk orbweaver / Banana spider on web {Nephila clavipes} Florida, USA

Ingo Arndt / Wasp spider {Argiope bruennichi} female with dragonfly prey in web, Germany

Luke Massey / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) makes its web within the Chernobyl Exlusion Zone. It is thought the spiders make deforemd webs due to the radiation. Ukraine. September

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Golden orb spiders (Nephila sp) on the shores of Lake Er Hai. Dali.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Golden orb spiders (Nephila sp) on the shores of Lake Er Hai. Dali, Yunnan, China.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Golden orb spiders (Nephila sp) on the shores of Lake Er Hai. Dali.

Chien Lee / Spider (Talthybia sp) camouflaged against branch, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Murray Cooper / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp) with Nymphalid Butterfly (Pareuptychia sp) prey, Ecuador

Juergen Freund / Golden orb weaving spiders (Nephila) on its web. Golden Orb Weaving Spiders are large spiders with silvery-grey to plum coloured bodies and brown-black, often yellow banded legs, Queensland,Australia.

Juergen Freund / Orb weaver spider (Araneidae) at night with starry night, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Garden orb-weaver (Eriophora transmarina) catching his prey, Tablelands, Queensland,Australia.

Alex Hyde / Trashline orb weaver spider (Cyclosa sp) these spiders attach a verticle line of debris (mainly food waste) to their web that they sit in the middle of, disguising them. San Jose, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Orb-web spider (Aculepeira ceropegia) Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June.

Chien Lee / Twig Spider (Poltys elevatus) mimicking petiole, Sama Jaya Nature Reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Konrad Wothe / Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae) in web, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae) in web, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae) in web, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae) spiderlings in web, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Chien Lee / Big-jawed Spider (Nephila sp), Malaysia

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique