Alex Hyde / Long-jawed orbweaver (Metellina segmentata) in web at sunset. Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Long-jawed orbweaver (Metellina segmentata) in web at sunset. Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, UK, September.

Kim Taylor / Orb-web spider (Meta mengei) on flower (Cosmos sp) Surrey, England, September.

Ingo Arndt / Lesser garden spider (Metellina segmentata) on web with dew, early morning, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Lesser garden spider (Metellina segmentata) on web, Germany, September.

Ingo Arndt / Lesser garden spider (Metellina segmentata) on web, Germany, September.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Orb web spider (Argiope bruennichi) female, Podere Montecucco, near Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Orb web spider (Argiope bruennichi) Podere Montecucco, near Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. August.

Nick Upton / Lesser garden spider / Autumn spider (Metellina segmentata), Lacock, Wiltshire, UK, October.

Alex Hyde / Tissue Moths (Triphosa dubitata) hibernating in a limestone cave. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.

Alex Hyde / Long-jawed orb weaver (Metellina merianae) in limestone cave. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.

Alex Hyde / Long-jawed orb weaver (Metellina merianae) in limestone cave. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.

Alex Hyde / Long-jawed orbweaver (Metellina segmentata) in web at sunset. Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Long-jawed orbweaver (Metellina segmentata) in web at sunset. Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, UK, September.

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

MYN / ACREMAR / Spider (Metellina merianae) Val Graveglia, Italy, February. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Cave spider (Metellina merianae) Goesdorf, Luxembourg, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Cave spider (Metellina merianae) Goesdorf, Luxembourg, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Cave spider (Metellina merianae) Goesdorf, Luxembourg, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

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

MYN / Denis Palanque / Orb web spider (Meta segmentata) on Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) wetlands, Optevoz, Isere, Rhones-Alpes, France, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

Stephen Dalton / Juvenile Lesser garden spider (Meta segmentata) on web, UK

Paul Hobson / Orb spider (Meta / Metellina segmentata) on fruiting lichens, Blackamoor NR, Sheffield, UK. Highly commended, Living Landscape: Connectivity category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) compe...

Stephen Dalton / Lesser garden spider (Meta segmentata) in centre of web, on Porsche wing mirror. UK

Stephen Dalton / Lesser garden spider {Meta segmentata} on web on gorse at twilight, Sussex, UK, Tetragnathidae

Stephen Dalton / Lesser garden spider (Meta segmentata) on web, UK, UK's commonest spider, Tetragnathidae

Stephen Dalton / Lesser garden spider (Meta segmentata) on web, UK

Stephen Dalton / Lesser garden spider (Meta segmentata) on web, UK

Stephen Dalton / Lesser garden spider (Meta segmentata) on web, UK

Stephen Dalton / Lesser garden spider (Meta segmentata) on web, UK, Tetragnathidae

PREMAPHOTOS / Spring orb weaver spider {Meta mengei} male (left) courting female over the corpse of a fly in her web, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Orb web spider courtship - male (left) offers prey to female. {Meta segmentata} UK

Thomas Marent / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) web covered in dew, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) web covered in dew, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) web covered in dew, Switzerland

Ingo Arndt / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) on web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) on web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Autumn Spider (Metellina segmentata) webs at sunrise with dew drops in sedge meadow, Germany

Premaphotos / Common orb weaver spider (Meta / Metellina segmentata) male (right) courting a female in her web over the body of a fly, UK

Premaphotos / Common orb weaver spider (Meta / Metellina segmentata) male (right) courting a female in her web over the body of a fly, UK

Stephen Dalton / Lesser garden spider (Metellina segmentata) on web, England, UK.

Alex Hyde / Common Orb Weaver (Metellina sp.) male. With the camera at a very precise angle to the sun, the silk of the web refracted the light into a rainbow of coloured bands.

Ernie Janes / Common orb weaver spider (Metellina segmentata) in garden, Norfolk, England, UK, August.