Some male spiders tie up females before mating to avoid being eaten

Thanatus fabricii spiders forego courtship dances: instead, they attack females and bind them with silk before mating, perhaps because the females would otherwise eat the males

Source:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259794-some-male-spiders-tie-up-females-before-mating-to-avoid-being-eaten/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home