Andy Sands / Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug (Aelia acuminata / Rhaphigaster nebulosa). Surrey, England, UK, August.

John Abbott / Gray petaltail dragonfly (Tachopteryx thoreyi) female resting on bark, Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, USA, June

John Abbott / Aquatic larva of Gray petaltail dragonfly (Tachopteryx thoreyi) Angelina National Forest, Texas, USA, March

Stephen Dalton / Buzzing Spider (Anyphaena accentuata) male. Sussex, UK, January.

Stephen Dalton / Buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata) on bud with insect prey, UK, Anyphaenidae

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

Stephen Dalton / Buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata) on leaf, UK, Male prodes an audible buzz by vibrating its abdomen against leaf to attract mate, Anyphaenidae

Stephen Dalton / ** Buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata) on leaf, UK

Stephen Dalton / DELTETE Buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata) with prey on bud, UK

Stephen Dalton / Black lace weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) outside hideout in hole in tree, UK, Amaurobidae

Stephen Dalton / Black lace weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) with woodlice prey on web, UK, Amaurobiidae

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

Stephen Dalton / Buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata) with inseect prey, UK, Anyphaenidae

PREMAPHOTOS / Silver ground carpet moth (Xanthorhoe montanata) resembling a bird-dropping, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Silver-ground carpet moth (Xanthorhoe montanata: Geometridae) resembling a bird-dropping, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Black lace weaver spider {Amaurobius ferox} babies feeding on the corpse of their recently dead mother, UK

Robert Thompson / Silver-ground carpet moth (Xanthorhoe montanata) resting on bark, Northern Ireland, UK

Premaphotos / Buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata) male tapping his palps and abomen on a female's lair under oak leaves during courtship, UK

Premaphotos / Buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata) male tapping his palps and abomen on a females lair under oak leaves during courtship, UK

Premaphotos / Black lace weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) female guarding her two week old brood of babies in a greenhouse, UK

Premaphotos / Black lace-weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) female, UK