Talk:Rachnera Arachnera/@comment-24098614-20150902004637/@comment-26824352-20150910150407

As the first Anon stated, that many offspring would exhaust food supply. Arachne are not by nature socially-inclined. Given their size and need for prey, they likely don't live very close to one another. Having a thousand kids really goes against that mindset of territory. The second Anon is likely correct in his estimate of only one or a few children.

Again, arachne are not  spiders. They are sapient and reasoning things, and that goes hand in hand with a high survival rate. A thousand kids will not be thinned to ten by local wildlife. Rather, there would only be very few casualties. Arachne probably pass their territory down and raise their children with them.

No other method would make sense, given their sheer size, intelligence, and carnivory.

As for oviparity versus viviparity, I've really no actual clue, though presence of human-compatible genitalia suggests viviparity or maybe oviviparity, but oviparity would not be out of the question.