The Orb-web spider Araneus quadratus is an example of a spider that dies as winter closes in, but whose eggs survive the winter to hatch in the following spring or early summer. Wolf spiders in the genus Pardosa however, and Nuseryweb spiders in the genus Pisaura, both live to see their young hatch. Both of them spin a protective cocoon for the eggs and both of them carry the cocoon around with them.
They differ however on how they carry it; Pardosa carries hers attached to her spinnerets, while Pisaura carries hers with her chelicera. When an Orb-Web Spider spins a cocoon, she first spins a circular base plate — for the newly hatched spiders to live in until their first moult See Spider Molting.
Then, from below, she spins a cylinder to make the sides; she then lays her eggs and spins another plate called the cover plate. The whole thing is then wrapped in one or more layers of protective silk and suspended somewhere.
In comparison, Wolf spiders spin a similar construction but they add the cylinder walls from above. Some spiders hang their cocoon from threads after it is made; others build the cocoon with the base solidly attached to something. In this way, the clubionid Agroeca brunnea spins its cocoon as an upside-down wine glass; it has two internal sections, one of which holds the eggs.
It can also be a good example of a camouflaged cocoon, so it is quite a classy affair all up. The female may adds bits of soil to the outside of the cocoon, to help it blend in to the background. Finally, as I have already stated, some spiders offer some brood care.
The female may tear open the the cocoon so that the young spiders can escape; she may carry them on her back until after their first moult; and in a number of cases, she will feed them with the prey she herself has caught. The cocoon offers protection from cold, from desiccation and to some extent from predators and parasites. The downside is that some birds collect them to line their nests.
Different species of spiders produce different amounts of eggs per cocoon. Also some spiders produce two or more cocoons in a year; and some such as tarantulas may live for many years producing young every year. It is not possible, therefore, to state clearly what the reproductive effort of spiders in general is.
Consider also, that the health and size of any individual female spider varies — and this also effects the number of eggs she can produce. As a general rule larger spiders produce more eggs, but there are exceptions.
Here are a few examples of spider eggs per cocoon, from England. The number of cocoons is based on the likely maximum in the wild, though more may be produced in captivity. Once a male spider is mature, he charges up his palps and sets out in charge of a mate. His searching involves checking out areas of suitable habit; when close, pheromones and chemotactic responses ensure a female is the correct species.
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Mounting evidence in recent years shows just how crazy spider sex is. For example, in the case of redback spiders Latrodectus hasselti , courtship tends to last an average of 50 minutes when males are competing head-to-head for mating rights and 4. It seems as if the larger male redbacks would always be favored, but scientists recently discovered that the smaller ones actually than their bigger counterparts because they mature faster and are quicker on their feet.
Meanwhile, mature jumping spiders sport on their bodies to lure in mates, as if dressed for a rave. Turns out, females and males will ignore each other if not seen under full-spectrum light, suggesting that both partners must show their glowing bodies to prove their health before courtship can proceed. Spiders reproduce sexually, however the male's sperm is not inserted into the female's body from within the male's genitals.
Rather an intermediate stage takes place. Males ejaculate onto ready-made small sperm webs and then transfer their sperm to syringe-like structures on the tips of their front appendages, or palps.
As courtship progresses for the male jumping spider, he will arch his body, and slink on tiptoe toward the female. In the Tidarren argo species, the male will amputate his own palp before he matures to improve his own mobility, only to have his remaining palp torn off by his mate, which stays attached to her epigyne for about four hours, independently transferring sperm into one of her seminal receptacles.
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