The Best Timing of Mate Search in Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda, Oniscidea)
Figure 7
Variation of female attractiveness to males throughout a female intermoult preceding a parturial moult.
(o: oocytes (small white: before vitellogenesis, medium light grey: first stage of vitellogenesis, big dark grey: second stage of vitellogenesis); A/B: post-ecdysis, C: di-ecdysis, D0, D1, D2–4: beginning, middle and end of pre-ecdysis, E: ecdysis; triangle: appearance and development of white calcium plates; the evolution of attractiveness during di-ecdysis is approximated according to the difference that was observed between attractiveness of post-ecdysis and pre-ecdysis females). The hemolymph ecdysteroid titers curve is adapted from Chang and Mykles [37]. The female attractiveness to males curve is based on the current results (plain lines) and unknown attractiveness evolution (dots).