Orb Webs

  

Orb webs are one of the most common webs. They are round, anchored between 2 objects, and they look like a pinwheel. The spider makes a line between 2 objects. Then it  a pattern much like bicycle spokes. These "spokes" aren't sticky. It then makes a sticky spiral on the "spokes" which catches the bugs.

Tangle Webs
The tangle web doesn't follow any pattern like the orb web. It is basically a maze of webbing that is very hard to navigate through. The spider decides what is and isn't sticky when it is constructing the web, so it wont get caught. It's prey flies into the web and can't navigate through the maze and it gets caught. The spider then comes to collect its prey, eat it, and rebuilds that part of its web.

Funnel Webs

The funnel web is basically a big dish made of web with, you guessed it, a funnel in the middle of the web where the spider dwells. A bug will crawl or land in the web and get stuck. The spider then crawls out of the funnel, and brings the prey back to its funnel to eat it.
Triangle web
The triangle web is made in the fork of two branches or any thing that looks like a Y. The web has 2 strands a couple inches apart on one side and they connect into one point on the other side, making the triangle. The spider then makes a grid of webbing in the triangle.

Caught Prey

When a spider catches prey, it wraps it up in silk so it won't escape of sting the spider.  The spider may not want the prey yet so it saves it all wrapped up.  Sometimes a spider will lay eggs in the prey and wrap it in silk so the hatchlings will have food when they hatch. The spider will take the wrapped up prey and bring it where it wants.

Maneuvering around the Web
When the spider is making its web, it remembers what parts are not sticky. The silk is so sticky, if a spider gets caught in its web, which rarely happens, it will be extremely hard to get out, if it gets out at all. The spider walks very carefully around unless prey gets stuck in its web.

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