Reproductive limits and heterogeneity of male twospotted spider mites
1989
Krainacker, D.A. | Carey, J.R.
This paper determines reproductive limits and variation in performance of male twospotted spider mites Tetranychus urticae Koch when virgin females are provided ad libitum over the first eight days of adult life. Three phases of male reproduction were studied: copulations, insemination and reproduction. An average one day old male copulated 15 times, inseminated 15 females, and contributed to 336 daughters. All parameters declined with age. The average male inseminated 70 females and contributed to 1145 daughters in the first days. Variability between males was small for all parameters considered. These data suggest that the number of sperm transferred at each insemination, rather than the number of inseminations, is the limiting step to higher male reproductive output.
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