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Extreme natural size variation in both sexes of a sexually cannibalistic mantidfly

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Published in 2022 at "Royal Society Open Science"

DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220544

Abstract: In sexually cannibalistic animals, the relative sizes of potential mates often predict the outcome of aggressive encounters. Mantidflies are spider egg predators as larvae and generalist predators as adults. Unlike most cannibalistic species, there is… read more here.

Keywords: egg; variation; mantidfly; sexually cannibalistic ... See more keywords