Male-male fighting behavior of the seed bug, Togo hemipterus(0.3MB, 00:00:24)Shot Date: 2004/08/02 Shot Location: Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University | ||
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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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