There are tons of spiders around at the moment. This weekend my Grandpa took some shots of quite rarely seen behaviour of a house spider that had an apparent admirer. Here are some of the best in sequence.
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- A male approaches this female garden spider.
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- He approaches nervously.
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- Success! He has got to the female without being eaten.
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- Mating takes place
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- Frightened by her sudden movement his safety line kicks in and he shoots away.
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- He goes in for another attempt at mating.
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- And another
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- And another
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- The male escapes being eaten by the female although she chased him off the web.
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- with an empty belly the female resumes her watch on her web.
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