Today was the day I was going to try breeding a new generation of black widows. I gently introduced some males to some females, but then chickened out. No way were these males ready for the overwhelming majesty of a fully grown female.
That immensity is the female, on the left. The little guy on the right is a male, who I think is bit young for this exercise. He’s game, though, scurried right up to female and made a few tentative taps. It’s a bit like watching a mosquito getting the hots for a passing zeppelin.
I think I’ll have to tank up the males for a few more weeks.
He looks more like a meal rather than a mate.
He doesn’t even look like the same species of spider. Why would gawd create females and males of the same species to be so different from each other?
If you fatten up the males more, wouldn’t they just become more appetising?
This almost feels illegal to look at Professor.