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.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanagria galathea) resting on grass with spider's web at dawn, Powerstock Common DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, July

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Spider's web covered in dew, Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, June. Photographer quote 'Always an appealing subject, but only on rare occassions is the air still enough to allow clos...

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

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 / 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 / Close-up of the extendable silk net of the Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp}, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Stephen Dalton / Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) flying into spider's web, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium angustifolium) flowers with a spiders web spanning between different plants, Thy National Park, Denmark, July 2009

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

Wild Wonders of Europe / O. Haarberg / Flowering Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) in front of a spiders web, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, June 2009

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

Hans Christoph Kappel / Juvenile Dadddy longleg spiderlings {Pholcus phalangioides} in web, Germany

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

Piotr Naskrecki / Ogre-faced Spider (Deinopis sp) do not wait passively for an insect to fall into their web, instead, they cast sticky nets, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

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

Kim Taylor / Spiked spider {Gasteracantha sp} eating its web as it winds it in, East Africa

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

Rolf Nussbaumer / Female silver spider {Argiope argentata} on web, Texas, USA

Bernard Castelein / Giant woodspider {Nephila maculata} on web with dew, Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

PREMAPHOTOS / Decoy spider female camouflaged in web (Cyclosa insulana) Sumatra

PREMAPHOTOS / Net casting spider female with net ready to catch prey {Deinopis / Dinopis sp} rainforest, Brazil, South America

Pete Oxford / Nephila spider on backlit web, Ankarana Special Reserve, Madagascar

Rolf Nussbaumer / Spider + Spider web on grass head, Switzerland

Rolf Nussbaumer / Spider web with dew, Texas, USA.

Claus Meyer / Spider web retaining raindrops, Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil

John Cancalosi / Nursery web spider (Pisauridae) carrying egg sac, tropical rainforest, Costa Rica

John Cancalosi / Nursery web spider (Pisauridae) carrying egg sac, tropical rainforest, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiny Spider (Micrathena cyanospina), Suriname

David Noton / Mass of Spider's web at dawn, Bulbarrow Hill, Dorset, UK

David Noton / Mass of Spider's web at dawn, Bulbarrow Hill, Dorset, UK

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

Ingo Arndt / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) web covered with dew drops, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Longjawed Orb Weaver (Tetragnatha nigrita) on web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Ogrefaced Spider (Deinopis longipes) ready to trap prey with its net at night, Costa Rica

Will Watson / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) repairing web, Essex, England, UK, October

Will Watson / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) repairing web, Essex, England, UK, October

Jabruson / Funnel Web Spider (Agelena sp) adding to web carpet, an example of arachnid semi-social behaviour where colonies co-operate to spin large forest webs. Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Repub...

Jabruson / Funnel Web Spider (Agelena consociata) nest colony and associated web traps - an example of arachnid semi-social behaviour where colonies co-operate to spin large forest webs Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki...

Jabruson / Funnel Web Spider (Agelena consociata) nest colony and associated web traps. Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic.

Jabruson / Funnel Web Spider (Agelena consociata) nest colony and associated web traps. Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic.

Eric Baccega / Long-jawed orb weaver spider (Tetragnatha extensa) eating its prey Alsace, France

Eric Baccega / Long-Jawed orb weaver spider (Tetragnatha extensa) with prey on web, Alsace, France

David Noton / Mass spider webs on Gorse, Bulbarrow Hill, Dorset, England

David Noton / Mass of spider webs on Gorse, Bulbarrow Hill, Dorset, England

MYN / Niall Benvie / Slender orb web spider (Tetragnatha sp) Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, UK May 2012 BioBlitz, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Niall Benvie / Orb web spider (Meta sp) Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, UK May 2012 BioBlitz, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Niall Benvie / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, UK May 2012 BioBlitz, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Niall Benvie / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, UK May 2012 BioBlitz, meetyourneighbours.net project

Tony Phelps / Black-legged Golden Orb Spider (Nephila sp.), Female on web. deHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Steven David Miller / Female Black and yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) on web, Naples, Southwest Florida, USA, September

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Tiny male Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) with large female behind on their webs, Etang des Boires - an oxbow of the river Allier, Pont-du-Chateau, Auvergne, France, August 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Female Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) on web, Etang des Boires - an oxbow of the river Allier, Pont-du-Chateau, Auvergne, France, August 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Common hop (Humulus lupulus) and spider web, Pont-du-Chateau, Auvergne, France, August 2010

Konrad Wothe / Spider, unknown species, in its web, Costa Rica

Michel Poinsignon / Orb web spider (Argiope bruennichi) on web Lorraine, France, November.

Stephen Dalton / Ray Spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum) on its web suspended in typical position a few inches above the water's surface. UK, April.

Roland Seitre / Milking a Sydney Funnel Web Spider (Atrax robustus); the venom will be used in medical research and for making anti-venom. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Roland Seitre / Milking a Sydney Funnel Web Spider (Atrax robustus); the venom will be used in medical research and for making anti-venom. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Roland Seitre / Sydney Funnel Web Spider (Atrax robustus) in defensive display. Captive. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Roland Seitre / Sydney Funnel Web Spider (Atrax robustus). Captive. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Roland Seitre / Spider handler preparing to milk a Sydney Funnel Web Spider (Atrax robustus); the venom will be used in medical research and for making anti-venom. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

MYN / Denis Palanque / Orb web spider (Meta segmentata) on Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) wetlands, Optevoz, Isere, Rhones-Alpes, France, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Denis Palanque / Bruennichi's orb web spider (Argiope bruennichi) with European praying mantis prey (Mantis religiosa) garden, Montcarra, France, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Denis Palanque / Bruennichi's orb web spider (Argiope bruennichi) on web, grassland, Cremieu, Rhones-Alpes, France, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Nick Garbutt / Long-jawed orb weaver spider (Opadometa sp) Montane mossy heath forest or 'kerangas', southern plateau, Maliau Basin, Sabah's 'Lost World', Borneo.

Pete Oxford / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae) on underside of leaf, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Niall Benvie / Composite of insects, arachnids and plants found on the Arnos Vale BioBlitz, Bristol, UK, June 2012 meetyourneighbours.net project. Orange ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata), Ivy (Hedera helix), Green...

Scott Leslie / Orb-weaver Spider (Eriophora ravilla) female in web at night, Everglades National Park, Florida

John Cancalosi / Female Golden orb web spider (Nephila clavipes) in web, Costa Rica

Nick Upton / Lobed argiope spider (Argiope lobata) waiting on its web for insect prey, Samos, Greece, August.

MYN / Niall Benvie / Female Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi), Scotland, UK meetyourneighbours.net project

Piotr Naskrecki / Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae) in web, Surinam

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiny Spider (Micrathena schreibersi), Sipaliwini, Surinam

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiny Spider (Micrathena clypeata), Sipaliwini, Surinam

Piotr Naskrecki / Silver Argiope (Argiope argentata), Saba, West Indies, Caribbean

Piotr Naskrecki / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae), Muller Range, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant Wood Spider (Nephila maculata) male and much larger female mating, New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Comb Footed Spider (Achaearanea wau) group working together to subdue insect prey, Mount Gahavisuka Provincial Park, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Fishing Spider (Pisauridae), New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Stephen Dalton / Juvenile Lesser garden spider (Meta segmentata) on web, UK

Stephen Dalton / Marbled orb weaver spider (Araneus marmoreus) female on web, UK

Rod Williams / Young Garden spider (Aranea diadema) with Honeybee prey in web, South London, UK, September

Rod Williams / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) stealing prey from a spider's web, South London, UK, September

Rod Williams / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) stealing prey from a spider's web, South London, UK, September

Rod Williams / Common cross spider (Araneus quadratus) female wrapping Honeybee prey on web, South London, UK, September

Colin Varndell / Orb weaver spider (Argiope bruennichi) female on orb web, Dorset, UK, July