Female black widows sometimes eat their mates after copulation. Female praying mantises are known for biting off the male's ...

Female praying mantids are known ... can continue to engage in sex after his head has been devoured. Sexual cannibalism isn't a must for the mantis to reproduce. Its advantage for the female ...

I’d written, quite vividly for a third grader, about how the female praying mantis eats her husband after mating, usually starting with his head. And just before our teacher had asked us to turn ...

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These critters get their name from their kaleidoscope shell—like a peacock’s tail—and their hinged forearms which resemble that of a praying mantis and ... above their head and can move ...

Praying mantises have mastered the art of how not to be seen. Their camouflage has both defensive and offensive applications – it helps them avoid being preyed upon, and it also helps them sneak up on ...