Male-male fighting behavior of the seed bug, Togo hemipterus

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Shot Date: 2004/08/02
Shot Location: Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

species
Togo hemipterus

Key Words
male-male competition
food
territory
boxing


Chihiro Himuro
2005/01/15 submitted



Animalia >Arthropoda >Insecta >Hemiptera >Pentatomidae >Togo >

The seed bug, Togo hemipterus:
they are ground-living and feed on gramineous seeds
there fore legs are strikingly modified with enlarged and spiny femora, especially in male

How to fight?
A. Using there enlarged fore legs, as a boxing.

Do both males and females fight?
A. Only males.

What male win?
A. Larger male win, always.

Why they fight?
A. To mate. They defense resources to attract females.

(Data No.momo050115th01b)

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