In autumn, spiders and their webs become a lot more noticeable, although they're around us all year.
Here, some noteworthy UK inhabitants describe themselves and their homes. See if you can match the web to its maker.
Spider web image courtesy of PIXNIO (CCO)
Creative commons image credits
Giant house spider © Parent Géry [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Nursery web spider © Lukas Jonaitis [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Money spider © Andreas Eichler [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Triangle spider © Martin Lemke [CC BY-SA 3.0 DE], via Wikimedia Commons
Missing sector orb-weaver © Ian Pembroke [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Garden orb-weaver © Böhringer Friedrich [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons
Wasp spider courtesy of Aqua via Wikimedia Commons
Tube web spider © Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Diving bell spider © Norbert Schuller Baupi [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Purse web spider © Siga [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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