Nick Upton / False black widow or Cupboard spider (Steatoda grossa) female on the wall of a garden shed, near Wells, Somerset, UK, October.

Nick Upton / False black widow or Cupboard spider (Steatoda grossa) hanging in it web in a garden shed next to an egg sacs, near Wells, Somerset, UK, October. Females can live for up to 6 years and produce three o...

Nick Upton / False black widow or Cupboard spider (Steatoda grossa) hanging in its web in a garden shed, near Wells, Somerset, UK, October.

Nick Upton / False black widow / Cupboard spider (Steatoda grossa) egg sac in a garden shed, near Wells, Somerset, UK, October.

Tony Wu / Joro spider (Nephilia clavata) female a type of golden silk orb-weaver spider common in Japan during the autumn. With the spider's chelicerae, or jaws, clearly visible. These deliver a neurotoxin simi...

Nick Upton / Female Comb-footed spider (Enoplognatha ovata) wrapping a Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) with silk after injecting it with venom. Chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Comb-footed spider (Enoplognatha ovata) Brockley, Lewisham, London, UK. July.

Rod Williams / Comb footed spider (Enoplognatha ovata) on leaf, Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, July.

Chris Mattison / Comb-footed spider (Enoplognatha ovata) female guarding egg-sac in rolled-over oak leaf, South Yorkshire, England, UK, December. September. Focus-stacked image

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Spider (Nesticus cellulanus) in Cave, Goesdorf, Luxembourg, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Bernard Castelein / Comb-footed spider (Enoplognatha ovata) on Poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Insag, Brasschaat, Belgium, August.

Alex Hyde / Mother Care Spider (Theridion sisyphium) female guarding egg sac. When the spiderlings hatch, the mother feeds them regurgitated food. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.