copulation

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A praying mantis consumes her mate after copulation, termites suck blood out of wounded peers, and mosquitoes snack on larvae.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022

This "forced extra-pair copulation," as it's known, is a fairly rare strategy across birds as a whole.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2021

Competition for females is tough among these polygynous birds, and those who settle down in a single spot had little chance of copulation.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2017

As if that weren’t bad enough, female tarantulas have been known to eat the males if they linger too long after copulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2016

In the laboratory, male gypsy moths have attempted copulation with chips of wood, vermiculite, and other small, inanimate objects, so long as they were suitably impregnated with gyplure.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson