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I always feel the need to share this little fact when I see mantis content:
"Its been told female mantids eating their mates during mating as a type of radical cannibalism. However, entomologists have recently put this into context, so it’s not a phenomenon as usual as we may think: even when it’s a true fact, most of the times this cannibalism has been observed in the laboratory and not in the wild. Recent studies consider this phenomenon is a natural response of females that face difficulties that can put in danger their offspring, such as lack of resources or other types of stress sources."
Source: https://usmantis.com/pages/praying-mantis-dispelling-myths-mimicry-and-the-facts-and-modern-science