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

Claudio Contreras / Humpback orb-weaver Spider (Eustala sp.) on dew covered web, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Jiri Lochman / Bolas spider (Dicrostichus furcatus / Ordgarius furcatus) female with bolas, a blob of silk at end of line used to swing at prey, only used by females. Bolas spiders also produce pheromones of specifi...

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

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

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

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

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

Bernard Castelein / Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) on dew covered web. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Spiny orb weaver (Micrathena) biting a flying ant caught in its web prior to eating it, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

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...