Theo Bosboom / Long jawed orb weaver spider (Tetragnatha extensa) catching Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) as it emerges from its nymph exoskeleton, Hondenven, Tubbergen, the Netherlands, July.

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

Phil Savoie / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) carrying insect prey to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) carrying insect prey to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Common stretch-spider (Tetragnatha extensa), Staudernheim, Pfalz, Germany. June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Stretch spider (Tetragnatha extensa), Staudernheim, Pfalz, Germany. June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Rod Williams / Stretch Spider (Tetragnatha extensa) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK. June.

Rod Williams / Female Stretch spider / Long jawed orb weaver (Tetragnatha extensa) on stem, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, June.

Nick Upton / Long-jawed orbweaver / Common Stretch spider (Tetragnatha extensa) hanging upside down on its web in a Barley crop, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Bernard Castelein / Common stretch spider (Tetragnatha extensa) resting on web, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.

Bernard Castelein / Long jawed orb weaver (Tetragnatha extensa), Brasschaat, Belgium

Loic Poidevin / Spider (Tetragnatha extensa) on climbing hydrangea flower (Hydrangea petioralis) Vendee, France, May.