File:Giant Wood Spider (Nephila pilipes) female eating the male after mating. Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai..JPG

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English: Giant Wood Spider (Nephila pilipes) female eating the male after mating. Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai.
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An orb weaver (Argiope sp.) female eating the male after mating. Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai. The female spiders make a meal of the male once the mating is over. It gives her the required proteins! Otherwise also, the utility of the male is over after the mating.

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