the palps will stay loaded for awhile, so generally males won't make them time after time after time with no mating. if he does encounter a female, or mate with one, you can almost bet money he'll make another very soon. i had a male go months without making a SW. and yes, i could tell when he did or did not make one. he never encountered a female, so after the initial one, there was no second.
I've seen him make at least half a dozen sperm webs since he molted in March. And who knows how many he's made when I wasn't paying attention. He's torn so many down there's a thick white blanket of web on the floor in his favorite corner.
I got a few pictures of him making one.
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