The Spiders That Choose Death
Project: The Spiders That Choose Death - The Atlantic - Science
Client: The Atlantic Monthly*
Illustration: Dante Llaguno
2022
This illustration accompanies an article in the Science Section by Katherine J. Wu. Her article describes a macabre ritual that males spiders from the rebacks widows do. The cannibalistic and suicidal act is part of a whole different kind of mating from what we are used to.
"In this murder, the male is both victim and accomplice, spinning a web of mystery around their leggy liaison."
