Paul Bertner / Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha falcicornis), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp) in web, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Ingo Arndt / Four spot orbweaver spider hanging from thread {Araneus quadratus} Germany

Pal Hermansen / Garden cross spider (Araneus diadematus) on web, Norway.

Laurent Geslin / Garden spider {Araneus diadematus} at night outside house, London, UK

Juergen Freund / White spider (Araneidae) on web with zig-zag stabilmentum, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Beautifully spun spider web, with spiral stabilimentum, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Female Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) wrapping up fly prey with silk on web spun in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire England, UK, September . Property released.

Konrad Wothe / Girl looking at Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) on web. Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe, September. Model released.

Edwin Giesbers / Orb Weave spider (Argiope sp.) weaving web, Sarawak Borneo, Malaysia, June

Alex Hyde / Spinybacked orb weaver spider (Gasteracantha sp.} photographed on white background, tropical rainforest, Andasibe-Mantadia NP, Madagascar

Stephen Dalton / Garden spider {Araneus diadematus} constructing its orb web, UK, Sequence 5/5 , The final web is complete. Note that although all the final sticky spirals are visible, most of the radials are invisibl...