Authors: Peter Schausberger, Thi Hanh Nguyen, Mustafa Altintas
Highlights
- Males of two-spotted spider mites guard premature females
- Precopulatory guarding evolved because of first male sperm precedence
- Guarding spider mite males strip off the exuvia of premature females
- Undressing the female maximizes the guard’s chances to being the first mate
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107112
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