Egg load decreases mobility and increases predation risk in female black-horned tree crickets (Oecanthus nigricornis).
Female-biased predation is an uncommon phenomenon in nature since males of many species take on riskier behaviours to gain more mates. Several species of sphecid wasps have been observed taking more female than male prey, and it is not fully understood why. The solitary sphecid Isodontia mexicana ca...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014
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