Author:
Bidochka Michael J.,Snedden William A.
Abstract
Female striped ground crickets, Allonemobius fasciatus, feed on male tibial glands while in copula. This behaviour has been interpreted as nuptial feeding and a method by which copula duration is increased. Females terminated copulation significantly earlier with males whose tibial spurs were covered with paint, as opposed to males with exposed tibial spurs. However, the number of successful matings was not reduced in those males whose tibial spurs were covered. The mean duration of spermatophore attachment did not differ between females mated to different experimental groups.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cited by
27 articles.
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