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.
Do spiders have penises and vaginas?
When most spiders mate, the male ejects sperm into the female’s vulva, and she stores it in a special pouch called the spermatheca. These pouches allow females to control when she fertilises her eggs, by voluntarily shunting sperm onto them before she lays.
Does a male spider 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.
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.