Spider Cannibalism
Spider cannibalism is the act of a spider consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food. In the majority of cases a female spider kills and eats a male before, during, or after copulation. Cases in which males eat females are rare. Females eating males Many cultures, such as South Africa and Slovakia, believe that the male (usually significantly smaller than the female, down to 1% of her size as seen in ''Tidarren sisyphoides'') is likely to be killed by the female after the coupling, or sometimes even before intercourse has been initiated. This supposed propensity is what gave the black widow spider, ''Latrodectus mactans'', its name. However, the three species of North American black widows do not usually kill the male (although they have been known to do so). Males can sometimes even live in the web of a female for a period without being harmed in any way. The male Australian redback spider ''Latrodectus hasselti'' is killed by the female after he i ...
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Cannibalization(silk Spider)
Cannibalization or cannibalisation may refer to: * Cannibalization (fiction), adapting, borrowing or stealing plots, characters, themes or ideas from one story for use in another or from one medium to another * Cannibalization (marketing), the introduction of a new product that harms sales of an older product by the same producer * Cannibalization (parts), the use of parts from one device to repair another See also * Cannibal (other) * Cannibalism (other) Cannibalism is the act of one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food. Cannibalism may also refer to: Types of cannibalism * Cannibalism in poultry * Filial cannibalism * Human cannibalism ...