David Perpinan / Slow motion clip of a Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) wrapping a grasshopper in silk, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain, August.

Brian Bevan / Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) weaving egg sac, Bedfordshire, England, UK, Agust.

Paul Bertner / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp) in web, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Edwin Giesbers / Orb Weave spider (Argiope sp.) weaving web, Sarawak Borneo, Malaysia, June

Stephen Dalton / Silver argiope spider (Argiope argentata) juvenile on web showing stabilimentum, Costa Rica

Silvia Reiche / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Kim Taylor / Forest spider {Argiope sp}, note stabilimentum in centre of web, East Africa

Rolf Nussbaumer / Female silver spider {Argiope argentata} on web, Texas, USA

Bernard Castelein / Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) on dew covered web. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Adrian Davies / Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) on web. Surrey, England, UK. August.

Rod Williams / Female wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi), Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, August

Nick Upton / Male Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) approaching a much larger female to court her as she feeds on wrapped insect prey in her web, Dorset, UK, July.