Black widows spin intriguing webs at ASU West

October 30, 2009

By hammersmith

[Source: The Arizona Republic] – Halloween is as good a time as any to clear up a creepy myth about black widow spiders: the females do not always eat their mates after sex.

Sometimes they eat them before sex.

And she only ever makes a meal of him if she is really hungry.

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