Vegetation is essential, as males build their bubble nest using plant material, which it binds together with bubbles.

With nightfall the males built fires from the remains of the barricades.

Adult males do not build webs and stop eating.

The male will build a dug-out nest in rocks and vegetation, awaiting a female.

The male as well as the female build the nest.

With males usually being larger than females, the male will build the nest among rocks using pieces of algae.

At the start of the breeding season, the males build several nests to attract females.

The males build similar holes, but leave them to visit the females and mate with them in their tunnels.

The male of most species builds a nest by hollowing out a depression using his tail, then guards the eggs.