Nephilengys malabarensis

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In spider: Mating
Male Nephilengys malabarensis spiders of Southeast Asia and the southwestern Pacific region are thought to escape sexual cannibalism through remote copulation, in which the male’s copulatory organ detaches during mating and remains in the female, enabling prolonged sperm transfer. Females of some species mate only once,…
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