After Chad and Yara hit it off and mated, I started shuffling Chad off to meet other spider ladies. First up, I paired him with Melisandre.
This morning, I find one live spider and one dead spider. My immediate thought was that the little witch had murdered the male, but no — Chad was fine, it was Melisandre’s corpse that was dangling from a silken thread. This is not right. Chad, you brute. Now I hesitate to move a known domestic abuser to a new cage, the rotten killer. Mate, don’t murder.
I suppose it’s possible Melisandre lost her magic necklace and just died of old age…
Perhaps she tried, and Chad won the fight?
Maybe make sure Chad’s extremely well-fed just like you do with the ladies before introducing them? Or maybe they just hated each other from the start.
if what I thought is true that spider-lings fought each other and ate the losers in the egg case before emerging is true I would have to say with this story that spiders live a very violent dangerous life.
uncle frogy
Wait, I thought when the female spider died it meant there’d be zillions of offspring. That’s what I learned from that science documentary “Charlotte’s Web.” Was Melisandre advertising pigs,perchance? Oh, uh, spoilers I guess.