Fig 1.
Photographs of the mating behaviour of an experienced male with a virgin female.
In each photograph, the male is the smaller of the two. (A) Male antennating a female at first contact. (B) Male and female copulating, with the male antennating and stroking the female with a mid leg. (C) Male and female near the end of copulation in the V-shape position. (D) Male walking away at the end of copulation and pulling at the female abdomen until they separate. Scale bar = 500 μm.
Table 1.
The percentage of male-female pairs that exhibited each mating behaviour in the sequence of mating behaviours for live virgin males (experiment 1) or live experienced males (experiment 2) with either live virgin females or live experienced females in the UK.
Table 2.
The percentage of male-female pairs that exhibited each mating behaviour in the sequence of mating behaviours for live experienced males with either live virgin females or live experienced females in Kenya.
Table 3.
The percentage of male-female pairs that exhibited each mating behaviour in the sequence of mating behaviours for live experienced males with either dead virgin females or dead experienced females.
Table 4.
The percentage of male-female pairs that exhibited each mating behaviour in the sequence of mating behaviours for live virgin males (experiment 5) or live experienced males (experiment 6) with either dead virgin females or dead mated females.