The male spider is their mate, not husband. The MATE is eaten because it might be future harm to the new babies. It is also explained that the female eats the male MATE because they are hungry after intimacy.
Simply he is the closest highly nutritious meal.
The male actually offers himself to her. He does a little backflip onto his back, exposing his stomach to the mother's fangs.
Most female Spiders will attempt to eat their mate after copulation. Black widow spiders have just been observed more closely.
Yes
Yes, right after they mate.
They mate with female Black Widows, and since the male knows that mating with the Black Widow will ultimately lead to his death by cannibalism, the black widow technically commits suicide just for the Black Widow spider to live and pass on.
They do not. They eat their mate. Black Widows are poisonous, so be careful!
The Black Widow spider got its name because the female eats her mate following mating. Though this does not always happen, people believed it did and therefore gave the spider its title. The female usually kills the male after mating.
i don't know so don't ask me
the female praying mantis is famous for eating the male after mating that's life
They can only mate after the female moults, or sheds her skin.
Cheetahs mate through copulation, which involves a male mounting a female from behind. Mating can be brief, lasting only a minute or two. After mating, the female will usually establish a den to give birth to her cubs.
Yes. To survive pythons need to mate. If pythons stop mating then they die. They need to mate. Pythons mate atleast 6 times a week. And with different mating partners.
A male cat may try to mate with a female cat who is not in heat, but it is unlikely. Mating behaviors can also be displays of dominance.
After mating, she usually kills and eats her mate. She's black and now has no 'spouse' so she's a black widow. But it is not any more or less usual for the black widow to eat her mate than it is for other spiders.
When mating season happens echidnas line up behind the female. The lucky one is the mate.