I saw a wild pair of mantids as a child and the female was definitely eating a male.
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 days ago
After hearing that mantises only eat their mate in captivity, I kinda wonder if the same is true of black widows.
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- Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 days ago- Some mantids can only copulate after their head has been eaten, their body still is doing the deed while beheaded. - Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 days ago- Pretty weird kink. 
 
JargonWagon@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Not sure on the specifics, but I’ve dealt with my fair share of black widows. Their webs usually contain a shriveled up corpse of a male just kinda hanging about.