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As mentioned in Altruism in animals this species practices matriphagy - that's pretty fascinating, can someone describe in the article? -- Air ( talk) 13:01, 17 December 2012 (UTC) reply

Written up in a New York times piece recently on their social characteristics, rather interesting, but I am unsure how to incorporate into the article. Leaving here for hopeful future reference. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/science/the-social-life-of-spiders-thriving-in-a-social-web.html?from=science — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.20.114.10 ( talk) 21:12, 12 May 2014 (UTC) reply