Some spiders, like this silver argiope spider in La Selva, Costa Rica, build webs with conspicuous fortifications called stabilimentum. Some scientists think these flourishes may serve to keep birds from flying into the webs.
A perfectly formed spider web awaits prey in Australia.
An orb-weaver spider tends its dew-speckled web at sunrise in Eagle Lake, Texas.
Raindrops cling to a spider web near Fairview, North Carolina
A spider web sags with morning dew near Eagle Lake, Texas.
An Ogulnius spider web in Ecuador's Cuyabeno Nature Reserve stretches between twigs and leaves.
A tattered spider web hangs between stalks of grass in Glimmerglass State Park, New York.
A spiny orb weaver spider sits in its web in Parrita, Costa Rica.
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