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

Kim Taylor / Orb-web spider (Meta mengei) on flower (Cosmos sp) Surrey, England, September.

Ingo Arndt / Lesser garden spider (Metellina segmentata) on web with dew, early morning, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Lesser garden spider (Metellina segmentata) on web, Germany, September.

Ingo Arndt / Lesser garden spider (Metellina segmentata) on web, Germany, September.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Orb web spider (Argiope bruennichi) female, Podere Montecucco, near Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Orb web spider (Argiope bruennichi) Podere Montecucco, near Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. August.

Tony Wu / Joro spider (Nephilia clavata) female a type of golden silk orb-weaver spider common in Japan during the autumn. With the spider's chelicerae, or jaws, clearly visible. These deliver a neurotoxin simi...

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Common stretch-spider (Tetragnatha extensa), Staudernheim, Pfalz, Germany. June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Stretch spider (Tetragnatha extensa), Staudernheim, Pfalz, Germany. June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Juergen Freund / Long jawed spider (Tetragnathidae) with spiderlings, Queensland, Australia.

Rod Williams / Stretch Spider (Tetragnatha extensa) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK. June.