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

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiny Spider (Micrathena cyanospina), Suriname

Alex Hyde / Male House Spider (Tegenaria domestica). Derbyshire, UK, October.

Alex Hyde / Male House Spider (Tegenaria domestica). Derbyshire, UK. October.

Alex Hyde / Male House Spider (Tegenaria domestica) portrait. Derbyshire, UK, October.

Paul Hobson / Spider (Araniella cucurbitina) on green leaves around flower head, Sheffield, UK

Paul Hobson / Spider (Araniella cucurbitina) on Foxglove flower (Digitalis sp) Sheffield, UK

Paul Hobson / Spider (Araniella cucurbitina) hanging off Foxglove flower (Digitalis sp) Sheffield, UK

Paul Hobson / Spider (Araniella cucurbitina) on Foxglove flower (Digitalis sp) Sheffield, UK

Ann & Steve Toon / White-browed sparrow weaver (Plocepasser mahali) profile portrait, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) looking up at mass nesting site, Tswalu Kalahari private game reserve, South Africa, January

Chris Mattison / House / Cobweb spider (Tegenaria duellica).

Alex Hyde / Silk egg sac of Cucumber Spider (Araniella cucurbitina) Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Cucumber Spider (Araniella cucurbitina) female, photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Web of a European Garden / Cross spider (Araneus diadematus) Ghimbavul Valley Gorge, Arges County, Leota Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

Ingo Arndt / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) web covered with dew drops, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Longjawed Orb Weaver (Tetragnatha nigrita) on web, Germany

Mark Carwardine / Golden orb spider {Nephila imperialis} on neck of woman, used for production of spider silk, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Oriol Alamany / Male Red headed weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps) with partially constructed nest, Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, September.

Oriol Alamany / Male Red-billed buffalo-weaver (Bubalornis niger), Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, September

Will Watson / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) repairing web, Essex, England, UK, October

Will Watson / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) repairing web, Essex, England, UK, October

Charlie Summers / Lesser masked weaver (Ploceus intermedius) perched on a twig as it readies to drink, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, February

Martin Dohrn / Weaver ants (Oecophylla sp) with cockroach prey, Sri Lanka

Martin Dohrn / Weaver ants (Oecophylla sp) with cockroach prey, Sri Lanka

Martin Dohrn / Weaver ants (Oecophylla sp) Sri Lanka

Martin Dohrn / Weaver ants (Oecophylla sp) Sri Lanka

Martin Dohrn / Weaver ants (Oecophylla sp) with cockroach prey, Sri Lanka

Martin Dohrn / Weaver ants (Oecophylla sp) Sri Lanka

Martin Dohrn / Weaver ants (Oecophylla sp) Sri Lanka

Solvin Zankl / Green tree / Weaver ant (Oecophylla sp.) head portrait. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Jabruson / Funnel Web Spider (Agelena sp) adding to web carpet, an example of arachnid semi-social behaviour where colonies co-operate to spin large forest webs. Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Repub...

Jabruson / Funnel Web Spider (Agelena consociata) nest colony and associated web traps - an example of arachnid semi-social behaviour where colonies co-operate to spin large forest webs Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki...

Jabruson / Funnel Web Spider (Agelena consociata) nest colony and associated web traps. Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic.

Jabruson / Funnel Web Spider (Agelena consociata) nest colony and associated web traps. Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic.

Eric Baccega / Long-jawed orb weaver spider (Tetragnatha extensa) eating its prey Alsace, France

Eric Baccega / Long-Jawed orb weaver spider (Tetragnatha extensa) with prey on web, Alsace, France

MYN / Niall Benvie / Slender orb web spider (Tetragnatha sp) Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, UK May 2012 BioBlitz, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Niall Benvie / Orb web spider (Meta sp) Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, UK May 2012 BioBlitz, meetyourneighbours.net project

Tony Phelps / Black-legged Golden Orb Spider (Nephila sp.), Female on web. deHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Steven David Miller / Female Black and yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) on web, Naples, Southwest Florida, USA, September

MYN / Brady Beck / Close up of mouthparts of Funnel weaver spider (Tegenaria sp) Scotland County, North Carolina, USA, June, meetyourneighboursproject.net

MYN / Brady Beck / Funnel weaver spider (Tegenaria sp) Scotland County, North Carolina, USA, June, meetyourneighboursproject.net

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Tiny male Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) with large female behind on their webs, Etang des Boires - an oxbow of the river Allier, Pont-du-Chateau, Auvergne, France, August 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Female Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) on web, Etang des Boires - an oxbow of the river Allier, Pont-du-Chateau, Auvergne, France, August 2010

Michel Poinsignon / Orb web spider (Argiope bruennichi) on web Lorraine, France, November.

Stephen Dalton / Close up of Orb Weaver Spider (Tetragnathidae) abdomen showing spinnerets and thread being controlled by legs. UK.

Stephen Dalton / Cave Spider (Meta menardi) female with egg-sac, male above. UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Cave Spider (Meta menardi) female with egg-sac. UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Cave Spider (Meta menardi) female with egg-sac. UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Cave Spider (Meta menardi) female with egg-sac. UK, August.

Mark Moffett / Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) in defensive posture, Darwin, Australia

Mark Moffett / Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) colony envelops the queen to protect her from harm, Daintree, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) worker and three queens to form new colony, Australia

Mark Moffett / Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) crushed by Aboriginal to breathe fumes which aid in clearing up nasal congestion, Northern Territory, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Cosmophasis bitaeniata) has infiltrated Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) nest to prey on larvae using chemical mimicry, Daintree, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) holding silk-producing larva in its jaws and weaving the larva's silk to bind leaves for the colony's treetop nest, Daintree, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) holding silk-producing larva in its jaws and weaving the larva's silk to bind leaves for the colony's treetop nest, Daintree, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) trio from two different colonies fighting over territory, Daintree, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) in defensive posture as parasitic wasps attempt to lay eggs on colony members, Daintree, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) group tending aphids on fruit, Daintree, Queensland, Australia