Alex Hyde / House spider female (Tegenaria sp.) in garden shed. Derbyshire, UK, March. Highly Commended in the Urban Wildlife category of the 2015 British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competition.

Jiri Lochman / Bolas spider (Dicrostichus furcatus / Ordgarius furcatus) female with bolas, a blob of silk at end of line used to swing at prey, only used by females. Bolas spiders also produce pheromones of specifi...

MYN / Corne van der Linden / Wolf spider (Venator immansueta) Perth, South-Western Australia.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourists looking down onto underground stream, from illuminated pathway, Skocjan Caves, Green Karst, Slovenia, October 2014.

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

MYN / Gil Wizen / Soil centipede (Geophilidae sp), Caves Branch, Cayo District, Belize, September. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

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

Alex Hyde / Fen raft spider / Great raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) adult female. Norfolk Broads, UK, September. Vulnerable species.

John Abbott / Chilean rose / flame / fire / red-haired tarantula (Grammostola rosea) female, from South America

Ernie Janes / Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)many crowded together in farm barn.

Bernard Castelein / Funnel-web spider (Agelena labyrinthica) Brasschaat, Belgium, July.

Bernard Castelein / Encounter between Robber fly (Eutolmus rufibarbis) and Crab spider (Xysticus audax) on a dew-covered thistle, Inslag, Brasschaat, Belgium, July.