Hunger -dependent female receptivity leads to optimal variable polyandria with equal aptitude in a nuptial gift spider
Female mating decisions are often plastic, dependent on the environment. In the spider of nuptial gifts Passura MirabilisThe optimal number of mating for females, that is, the number that maximizes aptitude, depends on the availability of dams and is regulated by hunger dependent receptivity. We determine the lower and upper optimal number of females (at…