Nick Upton / Mouse spider (Scotophaeus blackwalli) female on a bedroom wall, Wiltshire, UK, October.

Steve Downer / Female Ground spider (Gnaphosidae) in silk nest with spiderlings, England, UK.

Steve Downer / Female Ground spider (Gnaphosidae) opening web to release hatching spiderlings, England, UK.

Steve Downer / Female Ground spider (Gnaphosidae) in leaf chamber guarding her egg sac, England, UK.

Steve Downer / Female Ground spider (Gnaphosidae) sealing her egg sac into a leaf chamber, England, UK.

Steve Downer / Female Ground spider (Gnaphosidae) sealing her egg sac into a leaf chamber, England, UK.

Steve Downer / Slow motion clip of a female Ground spider (Gnaphosidae) next to her egg sac, England, UK.

Steve Downer / Close-up of a female Ground spider (Gnaphosidae) next to her egg sac, England, UK.

Steve Downer / Female Ground spider (Gnaphosidae) next to her egg sac, England, UK.

Chris Mattison / Ground wolf spider (Trochosa terricola) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. February

Rod Williams / Ground Crab spider (Xysticus cristatus) female, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London UK May

Robin Chittenden / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) feeding on spider on the ground. Suffolk, England, UK,October.