(1701) I was twice with that gentleman in his garden , in order to see the copulation of the spiders ; but I was not fortunate enough to see it .Furthermore , since that time I went at least ten times to a place where there grew many thistles , stinging nettles , and other weeds , where I saw different species of spiders , and those in large numbers , and observed that when the male spiders approached the female spiders in order ( I think ) to copulate with them , each time the females put the males to flight .Spermatozoa .