When female spiders are pregnant do they protect themselves inside a web?

Question

I ask this because I found a spider in my room last night which seemed to have surrounded itself with a web in a crevice on my dressing table.

Answer 1

No. They may provide some protection for their
eggs, but they don't need any extra protection for
themselves before laying them. The webs are
for prey-catching, though some kinds of spiders
may hang their egg sacs in part of the web, also.

Answer 2

Probably the spider you found is a "tent" spider; thet are quite mean looking, have short legs and are mostly black. They make very intense tents out of their webbing but come out sometimes to leap on their prey and drag them in. These webs are soooooo hard to clean up! Sigh.
Spiders have different ways of caring for their eggs. Some eggs are deposited individually in a cobweb, yet all seem to hatch at about the same time! It is an incredible sight to see all those baby spiders running to the nucleus of the web. Another type of spider puts all her eggs into what looks like a soft round pouch, usually white colour. Looks slightly like blotting paper, actually, or, do you remember those sweets they used to call flying saucers? They were little pouches full of sherbert ...? Reminds me of those; I keep expecting sherbert to come out! Anyway, this kind of spider carries the sac around with her until thousands of babies hatch out. She must put it down sometimes, because I have sometimes found one left on the wall; perhaps she forgot to pick it up again?
Other spiders are more secretive and keep their egg sacs well hidden.
I think spiders are fascinating and enjoy watching them.
Apparently, when they have no luck in catching food in their webs, they can eat their own threads of web rom their bellies, and this sustains them for weeks! I only found that out recently. Amazing!
Please don't kill yours! Put it somewhere safe and dry outside if you don't like it in your room.

Answer 3

Some spiders live in web 'tunnels' & grab their victims & drag them in. If its a female, there would probably be a solid ball of spiderling eggs in a silk ball nearby.

Answer 4

no they usually have little balls that they cart around with them or they put them somewhere safe where they're difficult to spot. When the spiderlings emerge they all cluster together and often look like flowers they merge in so well with the plant or object they've been attached to.

Answer 5

The web is to catch food, it's egg sac is wrapped seperately where you can't see it.