Figure 5. Time spent by females at different moulting stages in the right (RS) and left (LS) sections depending of the sex of the conspecific present in the adjacent section.

(F: female, M: male; C/D₀: di-ecdysis and beginning of pre-ecdysis (no calcium plates), D_2–4: end of pre-ecdysis (advanced calcium plates), see fig. 1; NS: non-significant p≥0.05, **: p<0.01).