Piotr Naskrecki / Sun Spider (Zeria sericea), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Andres M. Dominguez / Dew on spiderweb with Grey-leaved cistus (Cistus albidus) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, El Bosque, southern Spain, April.

Alex Hyde / Sheetweb weaving spider (Linyphiidae) in web at sunset. The silk is refracting the light into a rainbow of coloured bands. Slovenia, July.

Michael D. Kern / Venezuelan Sun Tiger Tarantula / Devil tree spider (Psalmopoeus irminia), captive from Venezuela

Laurie Campbell / Silhouette of spider at sunset, Berwickshire, Scotland, August

Nick Upton / Young female Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) sun basking on a leaf on a late winter day, Wiltshire garden, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Juvenile Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) positioning itself to sun on a Honeysuckle (Lonicera) leaf in a garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, February.

Piotr Naskrecki / Sun Spider (Zeria sp) feeding on grasshopper prey, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Alain Dragesco-Joffe / Sun spider / Camel spider (Galeodes sp) adult with a full abdomen after a copious meal, Tenere, Sahara, Niger.

Emanuele Biggi / Camel spider (Galeodes sp.), captive.

Sandra Bartocha / Abstract view of Garden cross spider (Araneus diadematus) with sunset light on web, Thy NP, Denmark

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