Finding a suitable partner can often feel like a life-and-death struggle. But sometimes, the stakes are really that high. The Springbok Mantis (Miomantis caffra) has acquired a particularly brutal ...
Butterfly Pavilion’s Valentine’s Day exhibit, Romance is Wild, showcases the world of invertebrate courtship. From a bush cricket offering his mate a gelatinous snack before breeding, to a female ...
As you probably know, the female praying mantis will sometimes bite her mate’s head off. It’s not something that the insects make a habit of, exactly – they probably only do it when a male is ...
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Heart-Warming Female Mantis Eats Male After Mating
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Bug lovers will recall that the female praying mantis cannibalizes the head of her sexual partner upon mating. Turns out this may not entirely accurate. Placing them in the same jar, the male, in ...
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