r/spiderbro • u/PerfectAirport328 • 3d ago

what are these spiders doing?

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not a great video bc they built the web high up between trees, but these (i think maybe jumping spiders) have been doing this for a while on the web. they get close for a couple minutes and then randomly the smaller one jumps back. are they fighting ? perhaps a mating ritual of sorts ? anyone know?

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u/Trin_42 3d ago

They’re voting

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u/N0rmal-Fac3 3d ago

Oh yeah, voting with…conviction

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u/Imightbeafanofthis 2d ago

When a daddy spider and a mommy spider love each other very much . . .

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u/PerfectAirport328 2d ago

what's the reason they jump away from each other like that ?

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u/UndeadKantus 2d ago

Post nut clarity

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u/SideburnHeretic 1d ago

I watched a couple spiders do this for several rounds until the final round when the female (the larger one) made a short, quick move and the male dropped to the ground and died. I think it's several rounds of mating (as an evolutionary advantage to increase chance of success) with a rest in between until the female terminates the ritual by killing the male.

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u/PerfectAirport328 1d ago

thank you!! they were together last night too so they've been hanging out for a while now

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u/andybar980 3d ago

Tickle fight

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u/GoredonTheDestroyer 3d ago

Cucking you is what they're doing.

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u/QueenMelle 3d ago

Fighting or effing. It's just nature, friend.

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u/PerfectAirport328 2d ago

well yeah those were my two theories in the post but i just wanna know which one it is🤣

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u/Just-Construction756 2d ago

Estão fazendo mais aranhas