Eresus kollari mating

First female coupled, I hope couple the second one friday




The male walk on the female's web


Then He climbs, the female arrives



He brings her in the nest, and goes below



Once they finished, he goes to the top of the web, and spins a spermatic web


Then he fills his embolus



And one more time!

Very cool and great documentation! How long is the gestation time on this species?

I will never cease to be amazed at the fantastic variety of courtship and mating rituals of animals. And this is coming from someone who lived next to a mid west beer bar and in San Francisco for a spell.

Pannaking22: I really don't know, actually ^^'
But, I promise, I'll tell you when spiderlings hatch!

The Snark:Yeah, this is really amazing! I suppose you can see funny things too