Tip - How Do Spiders Mate? | eHow

In order to mate, a male spider creates a web with silk from his posterior spinnerets; he deposits sperm on the web then dips appendages called "pedipalps" into the sperm. The sperm is drawn into a syringe-like duct on the tips of the pedipalps. During mating, the male inserts one or two of his pedipalps into the genital opening of the...