Tony Wu / Joro spider (Nephilia clavata) female a type of golden silk orb-weaver spider common in Japan during the autumn. With the spider's chelicerae, or jaws, clearly visible. These deliver a neurotoxin simi...

Andy Sands / Spider (Coelotes terrestris) on mossy bank in woodland. Bedfordshire, England, UK, August

Andy Sands / Spider (Coelotes terrestris) on web under log Oxfordshire, England, UK, July

Rod Williams / Female Motherphage Spider (Coelotes terrestris) Lewisham, London, England, UK, November.

Rod Williams / Brassy longhorn moth (Nemophora metallica) feeding on Small Scabious, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, south London, England, UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Black lace weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) at hole in tree trunk, UK, Amaurobiidae

Stephen Dalton / Common lace weaver / funnel web spider (Amaurobius similis) immobilising wasp, UK, Amaurobiidae

Stephen Dalton / Black lace weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) with woodlice prey on web, UK, Amaurobiidae

Stephen Dalton / Black lace weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) emerging from hole in tree trunk, UK, Amaurobiidae

PREMAPHOTOS / Black lace weaver spider {Amaurobius ferox} babies feeding on the corpse of their recently dead mother, UK

Chris Shields / Illustration of Lace webbed / Common lace weaver spider (Amaurobius similis), Amaurobiidae.

Premaphotos / Common lace weaver spider (Amaurobius similis: Amaurobiidae) female in her lair beneath a stone, UK