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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghost" data-source="post: 46463" data-attributes="member: 3461">The sperm web looks like a tent that's open at both ends they build them ofthe side of the enclosure or the side of their hide or cork bark,but your right with the heavy webbers it can be hard to tell unless your lucky enough to catch him on his back under it.As for the female killing the male you can reduce the chance of that happing by feeding your female quite heavy twice a week for 3-4 weeks before you introduce him to her,I do this with my females before pairing them up also you don't need too mate them repeatedly once is usually enough,what I do is introduce the male into the females enclosure late at night and remove him after about half an hour that's plenty off time for them to mate the longer you leave the male in the enclosure the more chance you have of her eating him,I also stay on hand just in case he makes a run for it that way I can get him out if the females not receptive,that way he lives to try again latter......</blockquote>