The funnel-web spider, Agelenopsis aperta, sidesteps this problem. During courtship, the female curls into a harmless cataleptic state for at least several hours, sometimes days, enabling a male ...

Male funnelweb spiders (Agelenopsis aperta) leave their webs in search of mates and are attracted by a female's pheromomes. Using an elaborate dance of abdomen-waving and web-vibrating, they ...

Male funnelweb spiders (Agelenopsis aperta) leave their webs in search of mates and are attracted by a female's pheromomes.Using an elaborate dance of abdomen-waving and web-vibrating, they ...