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

Ingo Arndt / Orbweaver spider {Eriophora nephiloides} Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / European cave spider (Meta menardi) on ceiling of cellar. Worcestershire, UK. April.

Alex Hyde / European Cave Spider (Meta menardi) in limestone cave. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. January.

Alex Hyde / Egg sac of European Cave Spider (Meta menardi) suspended from roof of limestone cave. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. January.

Bernard Castelein / Bordered orbweaver (Neoscona adianta), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July

Duncan Murrell / Long jawed orbweaver (Tettigoniidae) on a pitcher plant (Nepenthes vieillaedii), the Forgotten Coast, SE New Caledonia.

Loic Poidevin / Long jawed orbweaver (Tertragnatha extensa) Vendee, France,August

Nick Upton / Long-jawed orbweaver (Tetragnatha montana) on web, riverside meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Long-jawed orbweaver (Metellina segmentata) in web at sunset. Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Long-jawed orbweaver (Metellina segmentata) in web at sunset. Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, UK, September.

Ingo Arndt / Slender orbweaver spider {Tetragnatha extensa} on grass, Germany