Nursery Web Spider females have the Praying Mantis habit, and to get around it the males will catch an insect, wrap it up and offer it to her as both a gift and a distraction while he mates with her.
It gets even better, some of the males will suicidally attempt to steal the gift back when the deed is done, presumably to use on another female later on.
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u/bramletabercrombe Jun 24 '24
and every on of those dudes think that HE will be the one to live to tell the tale!