Do spiders have penises and vaginas?

The male bites her and she becomes passive, allowing him to manoeuvre her into position. Like all spiders, his genitals are found next to his head, on a pair of appendages called the pedipalps. But unusually, his penis ends in a needle-sharp tip called an embolus. Please be respectful of copyright.
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Do spiders have penises?

Unlike insects and other organisms, male spiders do have a penis. The testes are located on the underneath of the abdomen, and connect to the surface via a small tube. The male spins a small mat of silk and deposits a 'packet' of sperm from the testes onto the silk mat.
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Do spiders have private parts?

Male spiders don't have penises. Instead, they possess two stubby appendages called pedipalps that they use to store sperm and copulate with female mates. Scientists have examined these sexual organs — called palpal bulbs — for at least a century without being able to spot nerve tissue inside.
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Do spiders have separate sexes?

When spiders are kept as pets or in labs, it's important to know their sex. Male spiders need more room to roam, and female spiders tend to be more venomous. The differences between male and female spiders (known as sexual dimorphism) depend on the species.
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Are any spiders asexual?

Other arachnids may reproduce asexually or sexually. This is seeing as their class makes up 3% of the animal kingdom. Some species are famous for the fact that the female tends to eat the male following copulation.
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Do spiders have balls?

Although adult male spiders are like vertebrates in having a pair of abdominal testes, their genital apparatus only vaguely resembles that of a vertebrate.
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Do spiders have sperm?

Male spiders produce sperm whose cell components are coiled within the sperm cell and that are surrounded by a proteinaceous sheath. These inactive and encapsulated sperm are transferred to the female spermathecae where they are stored for later fertilization.
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How do you tell a spiders gender?

Well, you can do that by looking at the reproductive organs! In a female the epigyne is situated on the underside of the abdomen. In a male, there are two thickened pedipalps at the front of the head.
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Do spiders mate to have babies?

A male spider deposits his sperm into a sperm web, holding it in his palps. Then he cautiously approaches a female spider. The male spider deposits the sperm into an opening on the underside of the female spider's abdomen. The female fertilizes her eggs with the stored sperm and then lays them into an egg sac.
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How do spiders poop?

Spiders only have one hole for releasing waste. Both pee and poop are combined for a spider which comes out as one waste product from their anus. There is nothing like urine production taking place in a spider's body. There are special digestive organs that pass uric acid as a solid instead of a liquid.
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Do spiders fart?

Since the stercoral sac contains bacteria, which helps break down the spider's food, it seems likely that gas is produced during this process, and therefore there is certainly the possibility that spiders do fart.
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Do spiders pee?

Spiders don't produce urine like we do, but produce uric acid, which doesn't dissolve in water and is a near-solid. Spiders have this alternate form of waste because they can't afford to lose as much water as we do.
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Do spiders have nipples?

"Spiders don't have nipples!" (You may also be making some rude remarks about whether spiders can ever be cute. There are some people on our team who agree with you on that.) While it's true that spiders do not have nipples, it turns out that T.
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Do spiders cry?

Called stridulations, the shrill cries sound like squeaky leather and are made in response to the rhythmic squeezing actions of the male's genitalia from inside the female during sex.
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Why do spiders eat their babies?

So, this act of matiphagy, otherwise known as a mother allowing her young to eat her. These little spiders will grow up and later do the same sacrificial move for their little hungry babies too. This is the more common scenario. Even aunt spiders have allowed their siblings' babies to eat them as well.
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Do male spiders know they will be eaten?

Some male spiders do know!

Some males know that they can be consumed by their mates and have evolved a defense mechanism to protect themselves against cannibalism.
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Do spiders have hearts?

The heart is located in the abdomen a short distance within the middle line of the dorsal body-wall, and above the intestine. Unlike in insects, the heart is not divided into chambers, but consists of a simple tube. The aorta, which supplies haemolymph to the cephalothorax, extends from the anterior end of the heart.
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Are all spiders female?

No, not all house spiders are female. There is a common misconception that all house spiders are female. The truth is that they are the most dominant in houses because they love to stick to one place. That's why you are more likely to see them.
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Do spiders have brains?

Spider Brain

One of the most amazing things about spiders is how much they can accomplish with such a small brain. The spider's central nervous system is made up of two relatively simple ganglia, or nerve cell clusters, connected to nerves leading to the spider's various muscles and sensory systems.
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How do spiders give birth?

Female spiders lay their eggs inside an egg sac which looks like a cocoon. It depends on the species, but there could be hundreds of eggs. The egg sac, like a spider's web, is made of silken thread. Some females carry their sacs - in their jaws or on their spinnerets - until the eggs hatch.
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How long are spiders pregnant?

Spider eggs typically hatch in 2 to 3 weeks, which can vary based on species and season. Once spiderlings fully emerge, they usually settle close to the nest area for several weeks before moving on and staking out their own territory.
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Do spiders feel love?

While not usually considered paragons of tender, familial love, some spiders do have a touchy-feely side. ? Scientists have discovered two arachnids that caress their young and snuggle together.
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Do spiders have detachable penises?

When the male orb-web spider has its first, and sometimes last, sexual encounter it has a trick up its sleeve: detachable genitalia which keep pumping even after their owner's moved on. The orb-web spider Nephilengys malabarensis is sexually cannibalistic and the male has detachable genitals.
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What does a spider poop look like?

Their feces look like splats or drips in the shades of black, brown, white, or gray. The color or type of feces depends on the spider species, but in most cases, you can expect dark splats or drips. These droppings are the combination of food and other waste materials that are released from the spiders' bodies.
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How many babies does a spider have?

Spiders will lay between 2 and 1,000 eggs, depending on the species. Almost all female spiders protect their eggs by making a silk 'bed' and then covering them with a silk 'blanket'. She then wraps them in more silk to make the egg sac. She hangs the sac somewhere safe and guards it until the babies hatch.
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