Tidarren_sisyphoides
Tidarren sisyphoides
Species of spider
Tidarren sisyphoides is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae - the tangle web spiders.
The male of this species is only ~1% the size of the female. At copulation, the male dies during insertion and remains attached to the female for more than two hours. However, the female does not eat her mate. The dead male is afterwards removed from the web.