Cannibalism and Related Consumption among Arthropods

resources

• google
• %20cannibalism%20arthropod%20%20arthropods%20%20arthropoda  google scholar

cannibalism

• Evolution of cannibalism: referring to costs of cannibalism.
• photos: jumping spiders Neuroptera larvae
• spiders school CANNIBALISM, FOOD LIMITATION, INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION, AND THE REGULATION OF SPIDER POPULATIONS
• beetles
  • see brden and wade 1985, 87, 89, wade and breden 86; imported willow leaf beetle plagiodera versicolora (chrysomelidae)
  • see tribolium confusum stevens 89, stevens and mertz 85

Sexual Cannibalism

• mantids
• wikipedia: The female red-back spider, black widow spider, praying mantis, and scorpion sometimes eat the male after mating
• The Evolution of Sexual Cannibalism
• Cohabitation of juvenile females with mature males promotes sexual cannibalism in fishing spiders
• Elgar-based stuff
•   Female control of paternity in the sexually cannibalistic spider Argiope keyserlingi
  • http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/media/dljlwgvtxlngfbg4wr8x/contributions/x/j/m/a/xjma4qn0g7a1wc8k.pdf
  • http://student.biology.arizona.edu/honors2001/group06/home06.html
• midges http://www.google.com/search?q=ceratopogonid+cannibalism

eating one's young

• wikipedia: tarantulas do so
• source Spiderlings usually stay near the egg sac for a few days after they emerge, when cannibalism is prevalent
• scorpions: Low metabolic rate in scorpions: implications for population biomass and cannibalism

in times of stress/crowding

eating one's silk, feces, etc

young eating feces of adults

non-arachnids

• others do including celphalopods