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

Stephen Dalton / Cave Spider (Meta menardi) female with egg-sac, male above. UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Cave Spider (Meta menardi) female with egg-sac. UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Cave Spider (Meta menardi) female with egg-sac. UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Cave Spider (Meta menardi) female with egg-sac. UK, August.

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

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...

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

Paul Hobson / Orb spider (Meta / Metellina segmentata) on fruiting lichens, Blackamoor NR, Sheffield, UK. Highly commended, Living Landscape: Connectivity category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) compe...

Stephen Dalton / Lesser garden spider (Meta segmentata) in centre of web, on Porsche wing mirror. UK

Stephen Dalton / Web of Orb web spider in early morning dew, England, UK.

Stephen Dalton / Lesser garden spider {Meta segmentata} on web on gorse at twilight, Sussex, UK, Tetragnathidae

Stephen Dalton / Orb web of Orb weaver spider {Meta sp} UK, Tetragnathidae

Stephen Dalton / Cave spider (Meta menardi) UK, Araneidae

Stephen Dalton / Lesser garden spider (Meta segmentata) on web, UK, UK's commonest spider, Tetragnathidae

Stephen Dalton / Cave spider (Meta menardi) UK, Araneidae

Stephen Dalton / Orb weaver spider (Meta sp) on web, UK, Tetragnathidae

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

Stephen Dalton / Female Cave spider (Meta menardi) with egg-sac, UK

Stephen Dalton / Cave spider (Meta menardi) pair with egg-sac, UK

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

Stephen Dalton / Female Cave spider (Meta menardi) with egg-sac, UK

Stephen Dalton / Female Cave spider (Meta menardi) with egg-sac, UK

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

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

Kerstin Hinze / Cave Spider (Meta merianae) in the cave Rocca Ulari, Borutta, Sardinia, Italy

Kerstin Hinze / Cave Spider (Meta merianae) in cave Rocca Ulari, Borutta, Sardinia, Italy

PREMAPHOTOS / Spring orb weaver spider {Meta mengei} male (left) courting female over the corpse of a fly in her web, UK

Andrew Cooper / Cave spider with egg sac (Meta menardii) Devon UK England

Philip Dalton / Cave Spider (Meta menardi) Somerset, UK

Andrew Cooper / Cave spider with egg sac (Meta menardii) Devon UK England

PREMAPHOTOS / Orb web spider courtship - male (left) offers prey to female. {Meta segmentata} UK

Premaphotos / Common orb weaver spider (Meta / Metellina segmentata) male (right) courting a female in her web over the body of a fly, UK

Premaphotos / Common orb weaver spider (Meta / Metellina segmentata) male (right) courting a female in her web over the body of a fly, UK