Newbe question: Can a female be too big for the male? I know the mating part will work, but has anyone had a male get injured from the female laying on top of him while they were together? I have a 550gm spider male mating for the first time with a virgin 2000gm female and she was laying on top of the male. His poor little body was squished under the famales and turned on its side with his belly streatched out and exposed. It looked uncomfortable, but I didn't want to disturb them so I left them alone. I know this sounds like a stupid question, but some of these females can be pretty big and the males can breed when they are rather small.