Some male spiders prefer to eat old females rather than mate with them

Monday, May 6, 2013 - 10:00 in Biology & Nature

The Black Widow spider gets its name from the popular belief that female spiders eat their male suitors after mating. However, a new study has shown that the tendency to consume a potential mate is...

Read the whole article on Science Blog

More from Science Blog

Learn more about

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net