A nuptial gift is a nutritional gift given by one partner in some animals' sexual reproduction practices. Formally, a nuptial gift is a material presentation...

spider, the male spider offers her a "nuptial gift," usually a prey wrapped up in the male's silk. This act of gift-giving serves as the first stage of...

P. galianoae have all shown to provide a nuptial gift. Female silk is used by males to create nuptial gift, the silk has pheromones that attract males...

additionally contain nourishment for the female, in which case it is called a nuptial gift, as in the instance of bush crickets. In the case of the toxic moth Utetheisa...

ejaculate and additional nutrients to the female, which functions as a nuptial gift. This gift is an important display of male investment because females may...

mandible size; in species where the males have large mandibles the "nuptial gift" is small or absent, while it is large in species where males lack the...

than females and look black, especially in comparison to the white nuptial gifts. Females tend to get paler towards the end of summer. The stripe along...

copulation. During copulation, male small heath butterflies transfer a nuptial gift to a female in the form of a spermatophore, which contains both additional...

some less common mating strategies, including pheromone secretion, nuptial gifts, and cryptic female choice. When males are attempting to attract females...

holding the prey, presents the prey to the female as a nuptial gift. The size of this nuptial gift is important as it will determine if copulation will...