Recent Spider Pairings

[JMugleston]

Brachypelma emelia


Cyriocosmus elegans


Heteroscodra maculata


Nhandu coloratovillosus


Poecilotheria pederseni


And another P. pederseni



Nhandu chromatus

Looks like it worked.


Poecilotheria subfusca


Poecilotheria striata

Looks like he got her.


Psalmopoeus cambridgei


Afterward she tried to get him. Instead she grabbed on to the "magical male-saving stick" while he ran away.


Pterinochilus murinus


Poecilotheria metallica (x2!)




Psalmopoeus irminia


Poecilotheria tigriniwesseli


Monocentropus balfouri


And another one


Megaphobema mesomelas


Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens - This one wasn't so successful


A few of the girls were much more accommodating - and less deadly






Chilobrachys fimbriatus




Ceratogyrus brachycephalus


Aphonopelma eutylenum


Acanthoscurria geniculata

[Mentat]

Awesome pics; see your comments after P. striata pairing that "looks like he got her." So males can also kill females during mating? Thought it was a one way thing with males having to be careful of females killing them .

[JMugleston]

Awesome pics; see your comments after P. striata pairing that "looks like he got her." So males can also kill females during mating? Thought it was a one way thing with males having to be careful of females killing them .

Oh no. By "got her" I mean he successfully mated with her. The pic shows her vent slightly opened. When the male is successful he'll pull the bent back like the one in the pic. It is a way to ensure the male mated before he ran away.

That said, I have heard of males killing females. I've never had it happen, but I guess it is possible.