Sexual cannibalism is when an animal, usually the female, cannibalizes its mate prior to, during, or after copulation. This trait is observed in many arachnid...

Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food. Cannibalism is a common ecological interaction in the animal kingdom...

of female sexual cannibalism where a female spider kills and eats a male before, during, or after copulation. Cases of non-sexual cannibalism or male cannibalism...

systems. Sexual cannibalism is a behaviour in which a female animal kills and consumes the male before, during, or after copulation. Sexual cannibalism confers...

Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called...

hard capsules and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mates after copulation. Mantises were considered to...

spots a male, she is very likely to attack and kill him (see also: Sexual cannibalism). Therefore, males can be observed to be very slow and cautious in...

in general practice. Soft vore fantasies are separated from sexual fantasies of cannibalism, also referred to as "hard vore",[better source needed] because...

providing a nuptial gift in response to sexual cannibalism. Male body size is not under selection due to cannibalism in all spider species such as Nephila...

position on the female. Cannibalism is quite easy in anacondas since females are so much larger than males, but sexual cannibalism has only been confirmed...

pseudoannulata are wandering spiders that track and ambush prey and display sexual cannibalism. They are commonly encountered in farmlands across China and other...

it will resort to cannibalism. In addition to sexual cannibalism, Latrodectus hesperus are also known to engage in sibling cannibalism. Like other members...

include sexual cannibalism, increased fitness in females on offspring and increased aggression to males. Some regard sexual conflict as a subset of sexual selection...

in sexual selection and a maximization of reproductive fitness. In nursery web spiders, females are known to frequently engage in sexual cannibalism. While...

Self-cannibalism is the practice of eating parts of one's own body, also called autocannibalism or autosarcophagy. Generally, only the consumption of...

in other examples of sexual cannibalism, size was not shown to have an effect on whether cannibalism occurred. Sexual cannibalism in O. catharus is very...

it can be employed to immobilize its prey. A. argentata engages in sexual cannibalism either mid- or post-copulation. One aspect of particular interest...

Indonesia and some Pacific Islands, which exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism through its sexual cannibalism behavior. It is sometimes called the tiger spider due...

Blamires, Sean J. (June 2011). "Nutritional implications for sexual cannibalism in a sexually dimorphic orb web spider". Austral Ecology. 36 (4): 389–394...

absorb more lipids, which provide a more efficient energy-source. Sexual cannibalism does not seem to affect spider egg sac mass and clutch size because...

may make them safer from cannibalism. In one subfamily of Araneid that uses a mating thread, Gasteracanthinae, sexual cannibalism is apparently absent despite...

Acts of cannibalism in Africa have been reported from various parts of the continent, ranging from prehistory until the 21st century. The oldest firm...

postcopulatory sexual cannibalism. The frequency at which females participate in sexual cannibalism depends on a variety of factors. The degree of sexual dimorphism...

Medical cannibalism – Consumption of parts of the human body to treat or prevent diseases Self-cannibalism – Practice of eating oneself Sexual cannibalism –...

survivability of her first clutch. Argiope bruennichi participate in sexual cannibalism. The females of this species, typically much larger than the males...

necrophilia in animals. Certain species of arachnids and insects practice sexual cannibalism, where the female cannibalizes her male mate before, during, or after...

engaging in cannibalism for sexual pleasure, such as Albert Fish and Jeffrey Dahmer. In early Brazil, there was the occurrence of cannibalism among the...

embryos Filial cannibalism Self-cannibalism: feeding on parts of one's own body (see also autophagy) Sexual cannibalism: cannibalism after mating Kleptoparasitism:...

carolina) is a species of praying mantis of the subfamily Stagmomantinae. Sexual cannibalism occurs in roughly one quarter of all intersexual encounters of this...

Matjaž (2016). "Mate choice and sexual size dimorphism, not personality, explain female aggression and sexual cannibalism in raft spiders". Animal Behaviour...