> Adult females are known to eat their mating partners after sex.
Just thought they'd throw that one in before signing off! But I do suppose a writer would be remiss not to remind you of that fact given the opportunity.
And a fascinating comment (which I haven't confirmed yet) from a reader below the article:
> Sigh, females HAVE to eat the head of the male to remove the inhibition stopping him from climaxing. > > It doesn't happen AFTER sex, it is required for the sex to be successful in terms of conception.
I never knew that. This behavior has only ever been explained to me as some kind of vindictive or inexplicable act by the female mantis.
I wonder how the female mantis knows that this is a way to disinhibit the male's climax?? Nature can be so strange.