sexual cannibalism
Post-coital consumption
Sexual cannibalism is the killing and consumption of a mate during or after copulation, observed in certain spiders, mantises, and other invertebrates.
The female typically devours the male, sometimes while mating is still in progress.
The term extends metaphorically to relationships where one partner destroys the other: Their marriage was a kind of sexual cannibalism.
- mantisInsect with grasping forelegs
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- praying mantisPredatory insect with grasping forelegs
- predationHunting and consuming prey
- raptorial forelegsPredatory grasping front limbs
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- animal reproductionmating, give birth, fertilization, copulation, spawning
- insect matingcopulation, mating calls, pheromones, courtship displays, courtship dances
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