They all seem to come from a parent body, the short-period Comet 2P/Encke. Comet 2P/Encke was the second periodic comet to be discovered. And the first, you ask? Halley's Comet, of course.

and the second by dust grains left behind by Comet 2P/Encke. Together, they run from about Sept. 28-Dec 2. Neither the Southern nor the Northern Taurids produce much more than five meteors an hour ...

This image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the comet Encke riding along its pebbly trail of debris. Every October, Earth passes through Encke's wake, resulting in the well-known ...