Well there's a good question. I just know that every time I've ever read about web construction, the creator is referred to as a female, as in this quote about Orb Spider web construction:

"The most difficult part is the construction of the first thread. This is a sturdy horizontal thread on which the rest of the web is hanging. How does the spider connect this thread between the two connecting points? She can not fly. Does she connect a thread at one place, walk down with an enrolling thread behind her to the other side where pulls the thread horizontal and connects it? No, the answer is simpler. She makes use of the wind and some luck."

It's a pretty cool description of web building, actually. Here's a link:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spider...webthread.html
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That site has lots of interesting info on spiders, such as the fact that some males have to escape quickly after mating to avoid being eaten by the females. And in other cases, the offspring eat their mothers!

Hardly a very friendly thing to do!

Neither is eating your mate...

...I mean in a literal sense. Pervert. Getchyer mind outta the gutter, think of the children.

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So how do the dude spiders make a living?

I'm sure there's a bit of wordplay involving the word "fly" that one might make.

Bruce, that is awesome. I read about spider eyes on the aforementioned link.

The rest of you should note that while obsessing on the spider sometimes eating her mate, their children, who she has cared for and nurtured, may eat her!i Ungrateful brats! Let's hear it from the parents!!

Parents being consumed by their children? No news there. :lol: