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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Cyclosa sp) camouflaged on branch in web, Tambopata Research Center, Peru

Jeff Foott / Banana Spider (Nephila clavipes), Alexander Springs Recreation Area, Florida

Piotr Naskrecki / Golden Orb-web Spider (Nephila komaci), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Golden Orb-web Spider (Nephila komaci) feeding on grasshopper prey, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Longjawed Orb Weaver (Nephilengys cruentata) spinning web with silk, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Longjawed Orb Weaver (Nephilengys cruentata) spinning web with silk, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Box Kite Spider (Isoxya tabulata), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Banded-legged Golden Orb-web Spider (Nephila senegalensis), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Chien Lee / Orb-weaver Spider (Paraplectana sp), ladybird mimic, Muara Wahau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Orb-weaver Spider (Augusta glyphica), Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Banana Spider (Nephila clavipes) male and much larger female, Taironaka Lodge, Colombia

Paul Bertner / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp), Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Encyosaccus sexmaculatus), ladybird mimic, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Giant Orb-weaving Spider (Nephila madagascariensis) in web, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Longjawed Orb Weaver (Tetragnathidae) with caterpillar prey, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Cyclosa sp) in web, Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Paul Bertner / Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha versicolor), Ranomafana National Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Acantharachne milloti) hunting with bolas, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Acantharachne milloti), Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Orb-weaver Spider (Eriovixia sp), bird dropping mimic, Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam

Paul Bertner / Spider (Caerostris sp), Antananarivo, Madagascar

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

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

Ingo Arndt / Spider (Nephila sp.) male sitting on female, in centre of web, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Newly hatched Garden spiderlings (Araneus diadematus) in web, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Newly hatched Garden Spiderlings (Araneus diadematus) in web, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caught in an Orb weavers web with spider about to feed on it, Cape May, New Jersey, USA

Ingo Arndt / Garden orbweaver spider on stabilimentum of web {Argiope savigny} Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Fly caught in web of Garden spider {Araneus diadematus} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Arrow-shaped orbweaver spider {Microthena brevipes} Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Spinybacked orbweaver spider, white colour morph, Florida, USA {Gasteracantha cancriformis}

Ingo Arndt / Spinybacked orbweaver spider, yellow colour morph, Costa Rica {Gasteracantha cancriformis}

Ingo Arndt / Spinybacked orbweaver spider, white colour morph, Florida, USA {Gasteracantha cancriformis}

Ingo Arndt / Spinybacked orbweaver spider, white colour morph, Florida, USA {Gasteracantha cancriformis}

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

Ingo Arndt / Golden silk orbweaver / Banana spider on web {Nephila clavipes} Florida, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Wasp spider {Argiope bruennichi} female with dragonfly prey in web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Spotted orbweaver spider feeding on prey {Neoscona domiciliorum} Florida, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Black + yellow argiope spider, juvenile camouflaged on stabilimentum of web, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Wasp spider {Argiope bruennichi} female on web near stabilimum, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Spinybacked orbweaver spider, yellow colour morph, Costa Rica {Gasteracantha cancriformis}

Ingo Arndt / Garden spider, female {Argiope argentata} Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Arrow-shaped orbweaver spider {Microthena sagittata} Florida, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Black and yellow argiope spider, juvenile on stabilimentum of web, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Garden spider, female {Argiope argentata} Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Arrow-shaped orbweaver spider {Microthena sagittata} Florida, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Spotted orbweaver spider feeding on prey {Neoscona domiciliorum} Florida, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Golden silk orbweaver / Banana spider on web {Nephila clavipes} Florida, USA

Ingo Arndt / Wasp spider {Argiope bruennichi} female with dragonfly prey in web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Spinybacked orbweaver spider, red colour morph, Costa Rica {Gasteracantha cancriformis}

Thomas Marent / White-chested Titi (Callicebus lugens), Cano Cristales, Sierra De La Macarena National Park, Meta, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Riverweed (Macarenia clavigera) in river, Cano Cristales, Sierra De La Macarena National Park, Meta, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Riverweed (Macarenia clavigera) in river, Cano Cristales, Sierra De La Macarena National Park, Meta, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Riverweed (Macarenia clavigera) in river with waterfall, Cano Cristales, Sierra De La Macarena National Park, Meta, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Riverweed (Macarenia clavigera) in river, Cano Cristales, Sierra De La Macarena National Park, Meta, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Riverweed (Macarenia clavigera) in river, Cano Cristales, Sierra De La Macarena National Park, Meta, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Riverweed (Macarenia clavigera), Cano Cristales, Sierra De La Macarena National Park, Meta, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Riverweed (Macarenia clavigera) in river with waterfall, Cano Cristales, Sierra De La Macarena National Park, Meta, Colombia

Chien Lee / Spider (Talthybia sp) camouflaged against branch, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Murray Cooper / Garden Orb Weaver (Argiope sp) with Nymphalid Butterfly (Pareuptychia sp) prey, Ecuador

Juergen Freund / Orb weaver spider (Araneidae) at night with starry night, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Garden orb-weaver (Eriophora transmarina) catching his prey, Tablelands, Queensland,Australia.

Alex Hyde / Trashline orb weaver spider (Cyclosa sp) these spiders attach a verticle line of debris (mainly food waste) to their web that they sit in the middle of, disguising them. San Jose, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Garden Orb Weaver (Araneus diadematus) spiderlings. Cotswolds, UK. May.

Alex Hyde / Garden Orb Weaver (Araneus diadematus) spiderlings. Cotswolds, UK. May.

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 / Mating Four-spot orb weaver spiders (Araneus quadratus), showing the brief moment when the smaller male inserts his pedipalps to transfer sperm, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.

Chien Lee / Twig Spider (Poltys elevatus) mimicking petiole, Sama Jaya Nature Reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Konrad Wothe / Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae) in web, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru