Nick Upton / Common lace weaver / Lace-webbed spider (Amaurobius similis) male in its web in an old stone wall at night, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Common lace weaver / Lace-webbed spider (Amaurobius similis) female on its web on an old stone wall, Wiltshire, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Common lace weaver / Lace-webbed spider (Amaurobius similis) near the mouth of its silk-lined crevice in an old stone wall, Somerset, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Common lace weaver / Lace-webbed spider (Amaurobius similis) male approaching a female close to her retreat in an old stone wall, vibrating her web at intervals to court her, Wiltshire, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Common lace weaver / Lace-webbed spider (Amaurobius similis) male in its web in an old stone wall at night, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Chris Mattison / Lace-web spider (Amaurobius similis) a spider associated with human dwellings, Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, December.

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

Stephen Dalton / Lace webbed spider (Amaurobius similis) on web with woodlouse prey, UK

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

Premaphotos / Common lace weaver spider (Amaurobius similis) female extruding hackled band silk through her cribellum and combing it out onto her web at night, UK

Premaphotos / Common lace weaver spider (Amaurobius similis) female on web extruding hackled band silk through her cribellum and combing it out with the calamistrum on her hind leg, UK

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