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Adult Male and Female - Drassodes neglectus - male - female
Copyright © 2010 John Sloan

Adult Male and Female - Drassodes neglectus - Male Female
Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada
December 10, 2010
I found them in this position a few hours after the previous pictures were taken. They are in an opposite, webless corner of the container this time. The male is lying on his back, cradling the female on his "stomach" with his legs around her, and reaching around to insert his right palp into her right side.

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Contributed by John Sloan on 11 December, 2010 - 2:32am
Last updated 12 December, 2010 - 1:55am

Moved
Moved from Drassodes.
… John Sloan, 12 December, 2010 - 1:55am login or register to post comments

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… Kevin Pfeiffer, 11 December, 2010 - 3:39am login or register to post comments

 
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What I found interesting is that they didn't mate in the retreat the female constructed. I thought they might, partly because she started making it within minutes of coming into contact with the male, and she made it in only a short time.

Also, I didn't witness all that went on with the spiders before they arrived at this position. I wonder if they might have fallen from the side or roof of the container to be upside down like this?
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