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She lays her eggs in unprotected masses near the tips of needles . The female widow spider lays her eggs in a spherical or tear-drop shaped silk sac ( Figure 1 ) approximately 1/2 inch ( ~ 1.25 cm ) in diameter . The male will fly around with the female while she lays her eggs , often guiding her to the most ideal spot for the eggs . A bed made of its feathers is far preferable to the damp earth of the camp of an American woodsman , or the plank on which the trained soldier lays his wearied limbs at night . Bede : Or else , putting spittle into the eyes of the blind man , He lays His hands upon him that he may see , because He has wiped away the blindness of the human race both by invisible gifts , and by the Sacrament of His assumed humanity ; for the spittle , proceeding from the Head , points out the grace of the Holy Ghost . The peasants of this mountain who even know where the mosquito lays its eggs , as the saying goes . The female lays her eggs in what is usually an abandoned burrow . In identifying a principle of measurement previously unknown in nature and in technology , the scientists have taken the idea from a small insect : the jewel beetle , which lays its eggs in the wood of freshly burned trees , is said to be able to detect forest fires from a distance of 80 kilometres . Even the conjunction of Saturn with the moon is very beneficial , for as we have often said before , the nature of Saturn is obstruction , and when he lays his restraining hand upon Mercury or the moon , it helps to steady the flighty mind and gives power of concentration . Entomologist Nancy Beckage of the University of California , Riverside is studying its natural enemy , a parasitic wasp that lays its eggs in the bloodstream of the hornworm . The female lays her eggs as long strings in the water , where they are fertilized by the male as they are laid .