male spider

collocation in English

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male
adjective
uk
/meɪl/us
/meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that fertilizes eggs, and does not produce babies or ...
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spider
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspaɪ.dər/us
/ˈspaɪ.dɚ/
a small creature with eight thin legs that catches insects in a web (= a net made from ...
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(Definition ofmaleandspiderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Once amalespiderreaches maturity and becomes motivated to mate, it will weave a web mat on a flat surface.
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When amalespiderdetects the presence of a female, the two exchange signals to establish that they are of the same species.
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When the unsuspecting bully reaches into his locker, the waitingmalespideris easily attracted to the pheromones, and then crawls out and bites the student.
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Bloom's plan includes gaining access to the locker of each targeted bully and placing a deadlymalespider, trapped in a straw, inside the locker.
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Male spiders mature through five instars in about 4590 days.
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Male spiders may take up residence nearby, or in the same web as the (often immature) female.
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During autumn, the smaller, long-legged male spiders (up to 18 mm body length) look for females.
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Male spiders identify themselves by a variety of complex courtship rituals to avoid being eaten by the females.
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Male spiders and spiderlings often live on the periphery of the female spiders' web and steal leftovers.
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Male spiders at this time are mobile and searching for a mate, meaning people are more at risk of encountering them and being bitten.
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Autumn is the mating season, when the male spiders will seek out a female spider and enter her burrow where they live together until the male dies soon after mating.
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Behind the mouth is a pair of pedipalps (palps for short), and those of male spiders are quite large and are used for displaying and mating.
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