> Regarding gender of a small spider, Chuck posted: "But "he" could be a
> "she"." She's a she. Hard to tell when the spider is young, but as it
> nears maturity the end of the front leg-like appendages becomes enlarged in
> the male. Put "spider pedipalps" into Google Images--there are some good
> examples.
> Now you know.
Honestly, I really didn't want to know. Around our house, a good
spider is a blob of protoplasm.
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Ken Norton
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