How Do Spiders Mate?

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Tip 1 - Spider Reproduction - HowStuffWorks

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Joe Priante | permalink

Spider reproduction takes several steps. Learn about obstacles to spider reproduction, female spiders and pheromones, spider courtship and spider sex.
Tags: spider reproduction, spider sex, pheromones, spider courtship, pedipalps

For further reading: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/spider8.htm ^[1]

Tip 2 - Spiders have some seriously creepy sex habits

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lee Ng | permalink

Spiders are bizarre sex freaks. But it’s all harmless fun ... no wait, actually it’s very harmful. Girl kills guy or guy kills girl — there’s shrill crying, plugged orifices, torn-off genitals, eaten body parts, and psychedelic rituals.
Tags: Spider

For further reading: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28353590/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/spiders-have-some-seriously-creepy-sex-habits/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How Do Spiders Reproduce: by Live Birth or by Eggs?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Zpeidar | permalink

If you get the heebie-jeebies thinking about spiders, you’ll be sorry to hear that over 40,000 species of arachnids live in the world. Don’t feel too bad, because only a few are ...

For further reading: http://animals.mom.me/spiders-reproduce-live-birth-eggs-7404.html ^[3]

Tip 4 - How Do Spiders Mate? | eHow

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jannette White | permalink

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...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4595717_spiders-mate.html ^[4]

Tip 5 - Deadly Mates: Black Widow Spiders

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dimitris Attikis | permalink

If you think the dating world of humans is tough, check out the love life of black widows, where one misstep can lead to a lethal end.
Tags: Arachnids, black widow, black widow spider, lethal, mate

For further reading: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/spider_blackwidow_sex ^[5]