A spiderweb strung across a rainforest leaf has entangled a pair of ants- Azteca (left), and Pheidole (right).

Armenia, Belize
A spiderweb strung across a rainforest leaf has entangled a pair of ants- Azteca (left), and Pheidole (right).

Armenia, Belize
A Micrathena spiny orb weaver feeds on a fly she has caught.

Armenia, Belize
Spider in the web.

Armenia, Belize
Death by spider: an Oecophylla smaragdina green tree ant captured by a web-building spider.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Death by spider: an Oecophylla smaragdina green tree ant captured by a web-building spider.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Morning sun catches an orb web in the sand scrub of central Florida.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
This juvenile widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) has set up a web over the opening of a harvester ant nest (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis).

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
This juvenile widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) has set up a web over the opening of a harvester ant nest (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis).

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
This juvenile widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) has set up a web over the opening of a harvester ant nest (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis).

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
This juvenile widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) has set up a web over the opening of a harvester ant nest (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis).

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
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