the wandering male encounters a female's web, there may be an initial confrontation where each scares the other. Upon recovering, the male then constructs a large web around the female's crevice. When this web is complete, the male pulls on its strands continuously to draw the female out of her hole, which may take several minutes. Following her emergence, each spider will tap at the other in an effort to grasp the other by the forelegs, with the male remaining suspended in his web. References External links South house spider pictures and info Picture of K. hibernalis (free for noncommercial use) southern house spider on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site Kukulcania hibernalis species guide on Spiders.us K. hibernalis male on BugGuide.net Filistatidae Spiders of North America Spiders of South America Taxa named by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz