Do male spiders spin webs?

Question

I know the male and female mate, and the female eats the male... But can a male spider spin a web?

Answer 1

Well first off you can forget the myth that the female spider eats the male. Very occasionally in a handful of species the female will eat the male after mating, but it is the exception, not the rule, and it never occurs in most spider species.

As for webs, most male spiders do indeed spin webs. In a small number of species the males are essentially parasitic on the female webs, hanging arund the edges eating insects that are too small to attract the notice of the much larger female.

Answer 2

Do Male Spiders Make Webs

Answer 3

As other answers have indicated, the female does
not often eat the male after mating, though in at
least one species it seems that she normally does.
All male spiders that belong to web spinning species spin webs when they are juveniles. Some
of them stop making webs when they mature and
spend all their time hunting for a female to mate
with. Many kinds of spiders do not spin prey-
catching webs in either sex. All spiders use silk
for some purpose, but not necessarily for catching
prey.

Answer 4

Both spin webs but when it it has reached sexual maturity a male, in many if not most species, stops feeding and goes out searching for females. As he doesn't feed he gradually gets weaker. The male may mate with several females but eventually he becomes too weak to escape and..... Quite a lot of spiders catch their prey without the use of an ensnaring web, but that's another story.

Answer 5

male spiders spin webs

Answer 6

I think male and female spiders spin webs. The only difference i know in male and female spiders are that females are bigger.

Answer 7

yes, i think your thinking of black widows. not all spiders kill their mates, and spinning a web is the way a spider obtains food, unless you are a wolf spider. so in order to live, a spider has to spin a web.

Answer 8

1 - Only in certain species (Black Widows most prominantely) does the female eat the male.

2 - In many species only the female spins webs (to help lay egg sacs later - Black and Gold Agriope, Many Orb Weavers)

3 - In MOST species that spin webs - both do.

Answer 9

No, the female does.