Table 2.

Clutch size and composition for single winged and wingless L. tentacularis foundresses ovipositing for set periods of time (see §2 for sample sizes).

	oviposition time (min)	winged foundresses		wingless foundresses
		mean±s.e.	range	mean±s.e.	range
clutch size	5	7.10±1.34	5–19	6.44±0.44	5–8
	15	15.45±0.77	11–20	13.00±0.65	11–16
	30	19.18±1.16	13–25	16.60±0.85	13–20
	60	28.46±1.72	19–41	18.20±1.31	11–24
	120	38.36±3.17	19–54	19.99±1.09	15–25
	240	54.47±2.49	34–73	27.80±1.29	21–38
males produced	5	0.15±1.70	1–2	2.00±0.23	1–3
	15	2.63±0.30	1–5	2.75±0.25	2–4
	30	3.00±0.42	2–6	3.10±0.45	2–6
	60	3.13±0.32	2–6	3.33±1.26	2–5
	120	4.00±0.33	2–6	3.11±0.26	2–4
	240	5.00±0.49	3–11	3.90±0.26	3–5
females produced	5	1.30±5.40	3–17	4.44±0.37	3–6
	15	12.81±0.73	8–17	10.25±0.59	8–12
	30	16.18±0.96	11–21	13.50±0.61	11–17
	60	25.33±1.49	17–35	14.90±1.26	8–21
	120	34.36±2.96	17–50	16.68±1.02	12–21
	240	49.47±2.37	31–65	20.60±1.24	15–27
clutch sex ratio	5	0.31±0.27	0.11–0.40	0.31±0.03	0.20–0.50
	15	0.17±0.01	0.06–0.27	0.21±0.01	0.14–0.27
	30	0.15±0.01	0.10–0.26	0.18±0.02	0.11–0.30
	60	0.11±0.01	0.06–0.15	0.18±0.01	0.13–0.27
	120	0.10±0.01	0.07–0.15	0.16±0.01	0.10–0.20
	240	0.09±0.01	0.06–0.22	0.16±0.01	0.13–0.21