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 / Spitting spider (Scytodes thoracica) approaching mosquito on glazed surface, UK, Scytotidae

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

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

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

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

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

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