HD - Grammostola pulchripes Flipping Over to Crawl Under Sperm Web

[panblady]

good shot! :)

[HondaRaycer]

Tarantula says :"Ugh I just can't do this backflip I'm too fat for it!"

:)

[kmelalzate]

Great

[skitzothasicko]

that sucks he completely destroyed his web :( sad to see

[StanleyWiddos]

hey mate your videos are very interesting...

why do they crawl under the sperm web?

[michaelrichichi]

What is supposed to happen is this:

Male builds sperm web from wall to ground, then crawls under the web and deposits sperm on the "ceiling" of the sperm web. He then crawls out and uses his pedipalps to soak up the sperm for mating. This one failed though.

[StanleyWiddos]

so is there a female in there aswell?

[michaelrichichi]

No, this is something that males do a few weeks after they mature. Once the emboli(palpal bulbs) are loaded with sperm, he's ready to mate whenever he encounters a female.