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

Nick Upton / Common lace weaver / Lace-webbed spider (Amaurobius similis) female on its web on an old stone wall, Wiltshire, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Common lace weaver / Lace-webbed spider (Amaurobius similis) near the mouth of its silk-lined crevice in an old stone wall, Somerset, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Common lace weaver / Lace-webbed spider (Amaurobius similis) male approaching a female close to her retreat in an old stone wall, vibrating her web at intervals to court her, Wiltshire, UK, October.

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

Chris Mattison / Lace-web spider (Amaurobius similis) a spider associated with human dwellings, Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, December.

Andy Sands / Spider (Coelotes terrestris) on mossy bank in woodland. Bedfordshire, England, UK, August

Andy Sands / Spider (Coelotes terrestris) on web under log Oxfordshire, England, UK, July

Alex Hyde / Black lace-weaver (Amaurobius ferox) female in rotting log. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Rod Williams / Female Motherphage Spider (Coelotes terrestris) Lewisham, London, England, UK, November.

Rod Williams / Brassy longhorn moth (Nemophora metallica) feeding on Small Scabious, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, south London, England, UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Black lace weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) at hole in tree trunk, UK, Amaurobiidae