Alex Hyde / Black lace-weaver (Amaurobius ferox) female in rotting log. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

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

Stephen Dalton / Black lace weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) outside hideout in hole in tree, UK, Amaurobidae

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

Premaphotos / Black lace weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) female guarding her two week old brood of babies in a greenhouse, UK

Premaphotos / Black lace-weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) female, UK

Nick Upton / Black lace-weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) female, resting on garden shed roof, Wiltshire, UK. June.