Mates with Benefits: When and How Sexual Cannibalism Is Adaptive Marlene Zuk  Current Biology  Volume 26, Issue 23, Pages R1230-R1232 (December 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.017 Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Better as meal, or mate? A redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti) female (center) with two males, illustrating the extreme sexual size dimorphism in this species. Such dimorphism may favor the kind of sexual conflict that accompanies mating in this group. Photo © MCB Andrade 2003, Ken Jones. Current Biology 2016 26, R1230-R1232DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.017) Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions