Table 3.

Female morph behavior in response to male harassment in Ischnura elegans. N denotes the number of focal females observed for a period of 13–15 min in each population. Time hidden shows the percentage of the observed time that the female spent hidden (perched within dense vegetation). If a male approached the female, we recorded the number of nonsexual responses: refusal display (spreading of the wings and curling of the abdomen), moves around the perch (to avoid contact with the male), fly‐away, face‐off (confronting the approaching male), and charge (attacking the approaching male); and the number of male sexual responses (attempt to tandem and tandem) and female sexual behavior (accepting the mating)

Population	N	Female morph	Time hidden (%)	Nonsexual responses					Sexual interactions
				Spread wings, curl abdomen	Move around perch	Fly‐away	Charge	Face‐off	Attempt to tandem	Tandem	Mating
Louro 2004	7	Androchrome	71.77	4	1	3	3	6	na	na	na
	6	Infuscans	90.66	1	2	4	1	2	na	na	na
Laxe 2007	40	Androchrome	29.58	19	2	47	4	42	3	1	1
	39	Infuscans	57.95	48	12	50	1	10	3	2	2
Doniños 2013	24	Androchrome	50.52	15	13	20	1	8	11	6	4
	29	Infuscans	64.31	24	14	11	0	9	19	14	6