Brown Widow Experience
September 10, 2014
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A female brown widow earns her reputation. Here she has killed her suitor. She wraps him in silk and attaches him to a cricket. Another male comes in and partakes of the cricket while carefully avoiding the female. Perhaps he will be her new suitor.
Male (small) and Female Brown widow - Latrodectus geometricus
Brown widow - Latrodectus geometricus livng up to her reputation. The male is dead.
She holds onto him, partially wrapped in silk, with her claw
The dead male is wrapped with the cricket
Another male comes in
The new suitor looks at his unfortunate predecessor.
The new male dines on the cricket under the the lifeless prior suitor.
The female comes back
The careful male keeps his distance.
Comments
Harriet Bennish(non-registered)
I just started taking a good look at your website and came across this deadly encounter with a brown widow spider. I did not know there was such a spider. I had only heard of a "Black" widow. Amazing, but fatal sequence of events!
Douglass Moody(non-registered)
Excellent series!
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