<< The behavior of eating their mates or a part of their mate's body has been studied in sexual cannibalism or nuptial feeding. In these behaviors, only one sex eats the other unilaterally. Within mating pairs of a wood‐feeding cockroach (Salganea taiwanensis), males and females eat the mate's wings each other, which is the first “mutual” case in these behaviors. Because the evolution of sexual cannibalism and nuptial feeding has been explained based on unilaterality, this mutual eating should have a new significance of reproduction. >>
Haruka Osaki, Eiiti Kasuya. Mutual wing-eating between female and male within mating pairs in wood‐feeding cockroach. doi: 10.1111/eth.13133. Jan 25, 2021.
Bob Yirka. Wood-eating cockroach couples take turns eating each other's wings after mating. Feb 15, 2021.
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the beetle Carabaeus lamarcki, dancer and sky analyzer. May 14, 2016.
2022 - si risvegliano stercorari. Notes. June 17, 2006. (quasi-stochastic poetry)
keyword 'cockroach' in FonT
