Mate choice hypotheses usually focus on trait variation of chosen individuals. Recently,
mate choice studies have increasingly attended to the environmental circumstances …

Signalling via substrate vibration represents one of the most ubiquitous and ancient modes
of insect communication. In crickets (Grylloidea) and other taxa of tympanate Ensifera …

Animals often need to signal to attract mates and behavioural signalling may impose
substantial energetic and fitness costs to signallers. Consequently, individuals often …

Accessory reproductive gland proteins (Acps) in Drosophila evolve quickly and appear to
play an important role in ensuring the fertilization success of males. Moreover, Acps are …

Insects are exposed to cadmium stress since cadmium pollution has increasingly become a
serious global environmental issue. However, until now few studies have paid attention to …

Complex courtship has been well documented in the Diptera. However, studies have
focused on a limited number of taxa and mostly using lab populations, where behavior can …

Social environments are inherently dynamic, often changing depending on the frequency
and outcomes of conspecific interactions–they can be simultaneously the targets and agents …

When males compete with rivals in the presence of females, there may be a trade-off
between courtship and competition. We examined responses of female redback spiders …

Spodoptera frugiperda, also known as the fall armyworm (FAW), is classified by the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a major agricultural pest. By …

Three hypotheses for the function of postcopulatory mate guarding were tested in the field
cricket Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer. The duration of spermatophore attachment was greater …