Just look at this dude! Eight eyes, eight legs, and not paying me diddly squat for rent. Of course, he may be keeping my house clear of more nefarious pests…
..and it seems that this one is probably a female, based on the size of her “butt”. In fact, check this out. Can you just imagine that little guy singing:
I like big butts and I cannot lie…
That said, spider reproduction is a dangerous thing. Case in point (excerpted from here):
The best known scenario is off course where the exhausted male is captured and devoured by the female after mating and ends up as sustenance for the very brood he sired, or the female tolerates his company after mating with a very well-hidden agenda as he is later eaten by the spiderlings instead. What a shame, we might say but it is of little consequence as the male dies shortly after mating anyway.
