They use these to pick their sperm up from their genitals and insert it into the female s sexualorifice, rather than copulating directly.
雄性蜘蛛先用 须肢 将精液从生殖器中取出再将其插入到雌性蜘蛛的性器官内,而不是采用直接交配方式。
Dr Aisenberg and Dr Barrantes observed the process 17 times in pairs of Leucauge argyra.
isenberg博士和Barrantes博士观察了17对长角银腹蛛的交配过程。
On the 14 occasions a sexual plug was made, the female produced it without assistancefrom the male.
A在14例交配过程中,雌性蜘蛛在未借助雄性蜘蛛帮助的情况下自己了分泌封闭粘液。
On ten of these occasions the male s pedipalps then seemed to get stuck while he wastransferring the sperm , and he hadgreat difficulty freeing
这14例交配中出现10例雄性蜘蛛在输送精液时, 须肢 似乎被卡在了雌性蜘蛛的性器官内,使他难以挣脱。
In two of those ten instances, he was eaten as a result.
10例中有2例以雄性蜘蛛被吃掉而告终。
The two researchers conclude, therefore, that what was once a mechanism which allowedfemales to discriminate between males has evolved into a way of trapping them so thatthey can be consumed at leisure.
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