Stephen Dalton / Spiderling ball (Araneus quadratus) UK

Stephen Dalton / Spiderling ball (Araneus quadratus) UK

Scott Leslie / Spiderlings in web, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Spiderlings crawling along web strand, Nova Scotia, Canada

Thomas Marent / Nest of spiderings, Ankarana Cavern, Ankarana Special Reserve, northern Madagascar

Thomas Marent / Nest of spiderings, Ankarana Cavern, Ankarana Special Reserve, northern Madagascar

Konrad Wothe / Wolf Spider (Lycosidae) mother carrying young on her back, Peloponnese, Greece

Thomas Marent / Spiderlings in nest, San Cipriano, Cauca, Colombia

Jeff Foott / Wolf Spider (Varacosa avara) mother carrying young on algae mat in hot spring run off, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Konrad Wothe / Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae) spiderlings, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Bernard Castelein / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) on web guarding spiderlings, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) on web guarding spiderlings, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.