Thomas Marent / Banana Spider (Nephila clavipes) female and smaller male, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Ingo Arndt / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) web covered with dew drops, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Longjawed Orb Weaver (Tetragnatha nigrita) on web, Germany

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant Wood Spider (Nephila maculata) male and much larger female mating, New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Chien Lee / Longjawed Orb Weaver (Herennia multipuncta) spider, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant Wood Spider (Nephila maculata) pair mating, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant Wood Spider (Nephila maculata) male spinning web on female to make sure he does not fall off, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant Wood Spider (Nephila maculata) pair mating, male is much smaller than female, Papua New Guinea

Chien Lee / Giant Wood Spider (Nephila maculata) male is dwarfed by a gigantic female, Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Longjawed Orb Weaver (Opadometa sp) spider, newly discovered species from montane rainforest, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Konrad Wothe / Giant Wood Spider (Nephila maculata) on web, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Vincent Grafhorst / Banana Spider (Nephila clavipes) in web, Kirindy Forest, Madagascar

Albert Lleal / Orchard Spider (Leucauge sp) in web, Guatemala

Tim Fitzharris / Mabel Orchard Spider (Leucauge venusta) on web, North America

Mark Moffett / Banana Spider (Nephila clavipes) adult portrait, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) on web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) on web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) webs at sunrise with dew drops in sedge meadow, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Big-jawed Spider (Nephila sp) female on web, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) avoids huge female Giant Wood Spider (Nephila maculata) and stalks tiny male on same web, Queensland, Australia