There are some species that can "self-fertilized". I don't know about tarantula, but we have observed a race of shark, where a population of only female was able to have newborn (without changing sex like snails)
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Life, uh, finds a way
It sounds rather more like the first one... for spiders.
Spider Jesus? That's gonna be one funky cross
Spider Christians that use the spider cross on something might be mistaken for Red Hot Chili Peppers fans.
Star of David.
The 5-dimensional cross
I don't know why Spider Jesus would be 5D, but I'm on board with it.
And one for you, and one for you, and one for you - hey, anybody got anymore wood?
At first I didn’t think it could get more disturbing.
Then it did.
But God is a beetle, isn't he?
No...
...
...t anymore. :-)
At first I thought the OP was asking how they could fertilize the eggs, lol
I for one welcome our new spider overlords.
Now I will have nightmares about tarantula penises.