Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Spiny orb-weaver (Micrathena sp.) weaving a silk nest to protect its eggs, the nest is suspended from a thread to isolate it from predators, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. Filmed at...

Pascal Kobeh / Spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla), Sulu sea, Philippines

Derek Galon / Spiny Orb Weaver (Gasteracantha sp) Dominica.

Derek Galon / Spiny Orb Weaver (Gasteracantha sp) Dominica.

Nick Upton / Male Running foliage spider / Spiny-legged sac spider (Liocranum rupicola), a nationally scarce species in the UK, hunting at night in an old stone wall, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Emanuele Biggi / Spiny orb-weaver spider (Gasteracantha diardi) on white background. Borneo.

Emanuele Biggi / Spiny orb weaver spider (Gasteracantha sp), Madagascar.

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

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

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

Sue Daly / Close-up of a Spiny Spider Crab (Maja squinado), Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Lorraine Bennery / Spinybacked orb weaver spider (Gasteracantha sp.) Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar, November.