Nick Upton / Furrow Orb weaver spider (Larinioides cornutus) near a Green drake mayfly (Ephemera danica) it has caught and wrapped in its riverside web, Lacock, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Furrow Orb weaver spider (Larinioides cornutus) wrapping a Green drake mayfly (Ephemera danica) caught in its riverside web, Lacock, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Robin Chittenden / Furrow spider (Larinioides cornutus) Norfolk, England, UK, June.

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...

Nick Upton / Female Furrow orb weaver / Foliate spider (Larioniodes cornutus) spinning its web , Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Female Furrow orb weaver / Foliate spider (Larinioides cornutus) spinning its web near a river bank, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Chris Mattison / Furrow orb-weaver (Larinioides cornutus) male, Derbyshire, England, UK. August.

Philippe Clement / Furrow spider / Furrow orb spider (Larinioides cornutus) on leaf, Belgium. August.

Nick Upton / Furrow orb weaver / Foliate spider (Larinioides cornutus) female emerged from its silken retreat on a reed leaf on a river margin, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Furrow orb weaver / Foliate spider (Larinioides cornutus) female emerged from its silken retreat on a reed leaf on a river margin, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Furrow orb weaver / Foliate spider (Larinioides cornutus) female partly emerged from its silken retreat on a reed leaf on a river margin, Wiltshire, UK, July.