Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Spiny orb-weaver (Micrathena sp.) weaving a silk nest to protect its eggs, the nest is suspended from a thread to isolate it from predators, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. Filmed at...

Nick Upton / Female House spider (Tegenaria sp.) at the mouth of her tubular silk retreat in an old stone wall, Somerset, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Common lace weaver / Lace-webbed spider (Amaurobius similis) male in its web in an old stone wall at night, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Konrad Wothe / Marbled orb weaver spider (Araneus marmoreus) spinning web, Bavaria, Germany, 2016

Michael Hutchinson / Money spider (Tenuiphantes sp) tiptoeing behaviour on daisy. Spiders can stand on tiptoes and produced silk to 'balloon' and travel with the airflow. In this image the silk dragline and feinte...

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.

Brian Bevan / Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) weaving egg sac, Bedfordshire, England, UK, Agust.

Philippe Clement / House spider (Tegenaria duelica) trapped in a washbasin in bathroom, Belgium, September.

Paul Bertner / Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) group on flowering plant, Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Paul Bertner / Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha falcicornis), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp) in web, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Ingo Arndt / Long-jawed orb weaver spider (Tetragnatha nigrita) on web, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Weaver bird nest (Ploceus sp.) detail from Africa in collection at Uebersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) subadult birds practising building 'play nest', Singapore.

Ingo Arndt / Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) male flying to nest entrance, Singapore

Ingo Arndt / Green tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) group on entrance from nest, built from woven leaves, Northern Territory, Kakadu National Park, Australia.

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

Neil Aldridge / Lesser masked weaver (Ploceus intermedius) male hanging upside down from the entrance, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.

Pal Hermansen / Garden cross spider (Araneus diadematus) on web, Norway.

Claudio Contreras / Humpback orb-weaver Spider (Eustala sp.) on dew covered web, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. 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.

Neil Aldridge / Male African golden weaver (Ploceus subaureus) tending to its nest in reedbeds, Simangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Lesser masked weaver (Ploceus intermedius) male at nest entrance, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Lesser masked weaver (Ploceus intermedius) male at nest entrance, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Lesser masked weaver (Ploceus intermedius) male at nest entrance, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.

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.

Richard Du Toit / Longtailed widowbird (Eupletes progne) male perched in flowers, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa.

Alex Hyde / Spider (Tegenaria sp.) in dew-covered web in limestone cave, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. January.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Ruppell's weaver (Ploceus galbula) male building nest, Oman, May

Denis-Huot / Village weaver bird (Ploceus cucullatus) male building a nest after the rains, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. February.

Graeme Guy / Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) male weaving nest, Singapore

Juan Carlos Munoz / Masked weaverbird (Ploceus velatus) nests in palm tree, Namaqualand, Northern Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Hougaard Malan / Quiver tree with sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) nest in morning light. Quiver Tree Forest, Keetmanshoop, Namibia. March 2011.

Laurent Geslin / Garden spider {Araneus diadematus} at night outside house, London, UK

Juergen Freund / White spider (Araneidae) on web with zig-zag stabilmentum, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Beautifully spun spider web, with spiral stabilimentum, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Green Tree Ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) attacking Common House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Female Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) wrapping up fly prey with silk on web spun in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire England, UK, September . Property released.

Konrad Wothe / Girl looking at Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) on web. Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe, September. Model released.

Ernie Janes / House spider (Tegenaria domestica) on soap dish, UK

Tony Phelps / Rhombic Egg-eating Snake (Dasypeltis scabra) in nest of Cape Weaver bird (Poceus capensis). Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa, January.

Chris Shields / Illustration of wildlife at African waterhole: Water buffalo (Syncerus caffer),gazelle,African lion (Panthera leo),African elephant (Loxodonta sp), weaver birds (Ploceidae).

Tui De Roy / Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht) male, Borana Ranch, Kenya

Philippe Clement / European common house spider (Tegenaria atrica) in washbasin / sink next to plug-hole, Belgium

Edwin Giesbers / Orb Weave spider (Argiope sp.) weaving web, Sarawak Borneo, Malaysia, June

Alex Hyde / Spinybacked orb weaver spider (Gasteracantha sp.} photographed on white background, tropical rainforest, Andasibe-Mantadia NP, Madagascar

Michel Roggo / Chum / Dog Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in resting pool on migration upstream to spawn, Weaver Creek, British Columbia, Canada, 1989

Stephen Dalton / House Spider (Tegenaria domestica) on white-washed wall of shed, UK

Stephen Dalton / Garden spider {Araneus diadematus} constructing its orb web, UK, Sequence 5/5 , The final web is complete. Note that although all the final sticky spirals are visible, most of the radials are invisibl...

Stephen Dalton / Silver argiope spider (Argiope argentata) juvenile on web showing stabilimentum, Costa Rica

Stephen Dalton / Cucumber spider (Araniella cucurbitina) in its web, UK, Araneidae

Stephen Dalton / House spider (Tegenaria sp) lurking at entrance of funnel web, UK, Agelenidae

Inaki Relanzon / Nelicourvi weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi) flying to nest, Andasibe-Manadia National Park, Madagascar, October

Silvia Reiche / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Anup Shah / African masked weaver {Ploceus velatus} building nest, Kenya

Bernard Castelein / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) hanging on web with shadow behind, Belgium

Thomas Marent / Banana Spider (Nephila clavipes) female and smaller male, Bocas del Toro, Panama

MYN / Niall Benvie / Cucumber green spider {Araniella cucurbitina} hanging off plant, Scotland, UK meetyourneighbours.net project

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp) their abdomen, or opisthosoma, is heavily sclerotized and armed with hard spines possibly to protect against birds and lizards, Solomon Islands

Warwick Sloss / House spider {Tegenaria gigantea} by bath plug, UK

Nick Garbutt / Giant Orb-web Spider {Nephila madagascariensis} Mantadia NP, Madagascar.

Tony Heald / African masked weaver {Ploceus velatus} male in early stage of building nest, Etosha NP, Namibia

Kim Taylor / Forest spider {Argiope sp}, note stabilimentum in centre of web, East Africa

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group grab an adjacent leaf and stem with mandibles and toes and pull, gradually binding them together to make a nest, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group grab an adjacent leaf and stem with mandibles and toes and pull, gradually binding them together to make a nest, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group grab an adjacent leaf and stem with mandibles and toes and pull, gradually binding them together, Malaysia

PREMAPHOTOS / Weaver ants (Oecophylla longinoda) killing intruder beetle at their nest, Uganda, Africa

PREMAPHOTOS / Weaver ants attaching leaf edges to make nest (Oecophylla longinoda) South Africa

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group building nest by pulling on leaves and forming chains, Africa

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group repairing leaf nest, Papua New Guinea

Richard Du Toit / Holub's golden weaver {Ploceus xanthops} fighting reflection in car mirror, Botswana

Tony Heald / Male African masked weaver bird building nest, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Male Sakalava weaver building nest, Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar

Bernard Castelein / Bordered orb-weaver spider (Neoscona adianta) on dew covered web, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Spiny orb weaver (Micrathena) biting a flying ant caught in its web prior to eating it, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Spiny orb-weaver (Micrathena sp.) weaving a silk nest to protect its eggs, the nest is suspended from a thread to isolate it from predators, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. Filmed at...

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Spiny orb-weaver (Micrathena sp.) weaving a silk nest to protect its eggs, the nest is suspended from a thread to isolate it from predators, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. Filmed at...

Ann & Steve Toon / Blue waxbills (Uraeginthus angolensi) at water, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Blue waxbills (Uraeginthus angolensi) and redbilled firefinches (Lagonosticta senegala) at water, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Common waxbills (Estrilda astrild) at water, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Pink-throated twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Green-winged pytilia (Pytilia melba) at water, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Scaly-feathered finch (weaver) (Sporopipes squamifrons), Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa, February

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Masked-Weaver (Ploceus velatus) male weaving nest, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Masked-Weaver (Ploceus velatus) male weaving nest, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Masked-Weaver (Ploceus velatus) male weaving nest, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Masked-Weaver (Ploceus velatus) male weaving nest, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Georgette Douwma / Kaleidoscopic image of Latticed sandperdh, Spothead grubfish or False-eye grubfish (Parapercis clathrata), male. Puerto Valera, Philippines.

Steven David Miller / Golden orb weaver spider (Nephila sp) pair, female tending to web, tiny male on edge of web. Mary River, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Golden orb weaver spider (Nephila sp) pair, large female tending to web, small male on edge of web. Mary River, Northern Territory, Australia.

Bernard Castelein / Labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinthica) in web with prey, Brasschaat, Belgium. July

Bernard Castelein / Money spiders (Linyphiidae) on plant stem with water drops, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. April

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

Chris Mattison / Sheetweb / Moneys spider (Linyphia hortensis), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April.