No, the females rarely eat the males in this species.
Actually, they are almost communal, as sometimes hordes of them cluster all about, right next to each other.
Their common name is the Golden Silk Spider as their threads shine golden if the light catches them.
Here is a stack shot of another pair (a shot that I blew, BTW):
Here is a lone female:
And here is a lone male:
They are almost always found together in pairs, the later in the season it gets, because they are mating now.
They grow quite large, and will peak-out in size in September, and start dying-off in October ...
Jack