Table 1.

Mean total egg number and the mean number of inviable eggs for both mating treatments and each feeding regime. In addition, the mean copulation duration in seconds is given for the full matings and each feeding regime. First population means were calculated for each treatment combination and then the overall means and standard deviations

Male feeding regime	n	60‐sec mating	n	Full mating	Copulation duration in seconds
Fully fed	25	99 ± 16	25	107 ± 16	193.7 ± 32.5
Inviable eggs		12 ± 3		6 ± 5
Half‐fed	25	105 ± 22	25	114 ± 21	157.4 ± 28.2
Inviable eggs		11 ± 2		10 ± 12
Unfed	25	103 ± 13	25	98 ± 29	142.5 ± 24.7
Inviable eggs		12 ± 9		6 ± 8