A species of cockroach eats a little bit of its partner's wings after mating, a new study reveals. Scroll down for videoAdults of Salganea taiwanensis before (right) and after (left) mutual wing‐eating behaviour. A drawing of a mating pair during mutual wing‐eating behaviour by study author Haruka Osaki. Of the remaining pairs, nine ate wings partially and three pairs did not eat wings at all. 'Mutual wing‐eating is like sexual cannibalism, but it differs in that one mate is not killed,' they say.

Source: Daily Mail February 12, 2021 11:20 UTC