Ernie Janes / House spider (Tegenaria domestica) on soap dish, UK

Philippe Clement / European common house spider (Tegenaria atrica) in washbasin / sink next to plug-hole, Belgium

Stephen Dalton / House Spider (Tegenaria domestica) on white-washed wall of shed, UK

Stephen Dalton / House spider (Tegenaria sp) lurking at entrance of funnel web, UK, Agelenidae

Warwick Sloss / House spider {Tegenaria gigantea} by bath plug, UK

Nick Upton / Common labyrinth spiders (Agelena labyrinthica) mating in the female's funnel web with the male pinning her down and holding her legs folded to avoid being attacked by her, Corfe Common, Dorset, U...

John Waters / Labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinhthica) at entrance of funnel web at ground level on cropped limestone grassland, Polden Hills, Somerset, UK, July.

Alex Hyde / House spiders (Tegenaria sp.) male (right) and female (left) on sheet web in drystone wall. Derbyshire, UK. August.

Laurent Geslin / Woman screaming at sight of House spider {Tegeraria gigantea} Europe

Laurent Geslin / House spider (Tegenaria gigantea) on wood in a garden, Switzerland

Cyril Ruoso / Funnel Weaver Spider (Agelena sp) communal web, Bateke Plateau National Park, Gabon

Alex Hyde / Male House Spider (Tegenaria domestica). Derbyshire, UK, October.