Males are smaller than females, measuring only 4 mm in length as opposed to the female's 8 mm. Unlike some other spider species, male and female common house spiders may choose to cohabitate and mate numerous times. Call Residential Commercial. House Spider Egg Sacs Female common house spiders Parasteatoda tepidariorum deposit as many as eggs into a sac of silk.
Resources Dig Deeper on House Spiders. Do House Spiders Bite? House Spider Life Cycle. It's also unusual among spiders, most of which disperse almost immediately upon hatching and live alone. But S. This interbreeding may explain why virgin females care for relatives' offspring: Because the spiders share so much genetic material, a female might assume the offspring is her own.
Their lives last less than a month after copulation. In comparison, females live about a year. That means most, if not all, of the males in the community will be dead by the time the first egg hatches—leaving the females to carry the burden of raising the next generation and ultimately sacrificing themselves in the process.
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So, how are spider babies made? Let's just say it's slightly more complicated than human mating. When a male tarantula comes of age, he spins a special web just for sperm. He then "charges" his pedipalps — two small, leg-like reproductive appendages near the front of his face — by rubbing them in the web.
Once he's all charged up, the male can use his pedipalps to copulate with a few willing females, sometimes after doing a little tap dance to get their attention. They do the deed. He grabs his coat and leaves.
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