Lightweight and long-legged males go the distance for sex
Monday, September 8, 2008 - 08:56
in Biology & Nature
Finding a mate can take considerable legwork as recently illustrated by the flightless and nocturnal Cook Strait giant weta Deinacrida rugosa. This cricket relative is found in New Zealand and is one of the world's heaviest insects with females weighing in at 20 g, averaging twice the size of males...
Read the whole article on Science Centric
More from Science Centric
Related
- Lightweight and long-legged males go the distance for sexFri, 5 Sep 2008, 13:50:29 EDT
- Remembrance of things past influences how female field crickets select matesWed, 22 Apr 2009, 8:16:08 EDT
- Mother knows bestTue, 8 Sep 2009, 11:24:34 EDT
- New theory on why male, female lemurs same sizeTue, 14 Jul 2009, 12:45:59 EDT
- Can't compete on dung? Try mating on apple pomaceWed, 24 Jun 2009, 16:38:59 EDT