Life and Death of a Male Paraphidippus aurantius Jumping Spider

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Uploaded by on Jul 25, 2009

As I state in the video, I did not intentionally cause the female to kill the male. After taking the video of the adult male Paraphidippus aurantius eating the cricket and waving his arms at me, I released both him and the adult female P. aurantius I had on a nearby plant.

I was actually a little concerned that the female might try to get him, so I put them about three or four feet apart and went back inside for a little bit to put away the containers I was keeping them in. When I came back, the female had found her way over to the male. Without touching the plant or interfering with the scene in any way, I took a series of photos documenting her approach and eventual attack.

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  • You have an awesome narrating voice!!! Also this is awesome footage - and that female spider... what a bitch! LOL

  • 0:46 can i have a hug?

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  • What are you using to record this?

  • someone tell me why im watching spider vids wen i have arachnophobia

  • don't mess with the woman XD

  • It's not your fault man, he was cheating on her......... owned!

  • 0:45 come at me bro!

  • they come in all types of cool colors. jumping spiders have style.

  • Creepy with the eyes on the back of the head. Some spider info i would like to share is that spider leg movement has to do more with blood flow and blood presser moving the joints. So when i spider reaches out or straighteneds its legs out its similar to a mans erection giggle. Thats also why when a spiders little heart stops beating its legs curl up.

  • Poor little guy i feel like a woman i wanted to mate with ended my life aswell. lol

  • @NooBUltimatuM1 Somebody knows jack shit about jumping spiders.

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