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

Bernard Castelein / Bordered orbweaver (Neoscona adianta), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July

Kim Taylor / Spider (Neoscona adiantum) on bramble leaf. Dorset, England, August.

Andy Sands / Spider (Neoscona adianta) sitting in orb web, covered in early morning dew, Hertfordshire, England, UK. July. Focus stacked image.

Rod Williams / Young Garden spider (Aranea diadema) with Honeybee prey in web, South London, UK, September

Nick Upton / Red-legged spider wasp (Episyron rufipes) dragging a paralysed Bordered orb weaver spider (Neoscona adianta / Araneus adiantus) across a sandy beach towards its nest, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, June.

Nick Upton / Bordered orb weaver spider (Neoscona adianta / Araneus adiantus) waiting on the edge of its web for insect prey, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Premaphotos / Bordered orb weaver spider (Neoscona / Araneus adiantus) female (left) being courted by a male (right) on her web, UK

Premaphotos / Bordered orb weaver spider (Neoscona adianta / Araneus adiantus) female on web in a typical resting pose, UK

Premaphotos / Bordered orb weaver spider (Neoscona adianta / Araneus adiantus) female in a typical resting pose, UK

Bernard Castelein / Bordered orb-weaver spider (Neoscona adianta) on web, covered in early morning dew, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Nick Upton / Bordered orb-weaver spider (Neoscona adianta) on Dorset heath (Erica ciliaris) on Stoborough heath, Dorset, UK, August.