Spider courtship can sometimes be brutal. The European spider, Drassodes lapidosus, actually resorts to raping females. A sexually mature male will go in search of an immature female, and then snuggles down besides her. As soon as she undergoes her final moult he pounces and mates her. As her new exoskeleton is still soft, she is unable to move and defend herself.
cream queen (npub1x6h…c3yv) spider mentioned
MMS21 /
npub1et…4a68x
2023-09-22 17:56:04
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2023-09-22 17:56:04Event JSON
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