I don’t exactly love when wild animals of uncertain sex are referred to as “he” by default

But I’m realizing I also don’t exactly love when web-building spiders, in particular, are referred to as “she” by default

I’m not sure if this is because people are using “she” in a playfully anthropomorphic sense because humans tend to think of fiber crafts as feminine work

Or if people genuinely assume only female spiders ever make webs (which are nets for catching food, so this would assume male spiders either don’t eat, or rely on their mates for food, or have an entirely different method of getting their meals. Which wouldn’t be that surprising, given a lot of the sexual dimorphism in invertebrates…. but weird to jump to it as a default assumption)