Fitness costs associated with chemical signaling

Figures & data

Figure 1. Clutch sizes (mean ± SE) of paired and single females in four subsequent reproductive bouts. Clutch size was determined by the number of hatched larvae.

Figure 2. Cumulative survival for females that had never bred on a carcass (n = 20), bred four times without (n = 15) or with a male partner (n = 15). There was no difference in survival rates between the three treatment groups (log rank test, ${\mathrm{\chi }}_2^2$ = 3.16, p = 0.206).