Seothyra
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Seothyra, commonly known as the buckspoor spiders, buck spoor spiders or just spoor spiders, belong to a sand-dwelling, burrowing genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Eresidae. The 13 species ar
Seothyra sp, valdeur, Steenbokpan, a
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Shed skin (or exuvia) of a Seothyra female under her densely-woven silk canopy
Matriphagy
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Matriphagy is the consumption of the mother by her offspring. The behavior generally takes place within the first few weeks of life and has been documented in some species of insects, nematode worms,
Seothyra
…have a single reproductive episode before death, and they practice extended brood care. The young will eat their mother's corpse (a behaviour called matriphagy) and the sheet web before they vacate the parent nest, but typically disperse less than a metre away. Their life-span is one, or at most two years. A…
Desert spider, Stegodyphus lineatus, one of the best-described species that participates in matriphagy
This black lace-weaver (Amaurobius ferox) female adult will eventually be consumed by her offspring.
A group of pseudoscorpion (Paratemnoides nidificator) adults, the females of which will eventually be subject to matriphagy
Funnel-web spider (Coelotes terrestris)