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Spiders mating - Misumena vatia - male - female
Copyright © 2010 Phil Huntley-Franck

Spiders mating - Misumena vatia - Male Female
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
June 8, 2010
Is there anything significant (in images 2 and 3) about what the male is doing to the female's right hind leg?

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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 11 October, 2010 - 1:59pm

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I don't know. Looks more to me like he's holding on for dear life.

I've got Douglass Morse's book -- I'll take a look.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 11 October, 2010 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Don't know
I just read the mating section of his book over the weekend. The male climbs on her back, crawls down one side, switches to the other side to service her other opening, then runs for his life. There wasn't anything about leg grooming that I noticed.
… John F. Carr, 11 October, 2010 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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