POST-MATING DEATH IN SPIDERS. “Male self-sacrifice”, or apparent male cooperation with female cannibalism, is part of male copulatory behavior in several spider species, and in some insects. One study also reported that males of the spider Argiope aurantia spontaneously die when they copulate.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022