Table 2 Influences of egg number, egg mass and maternal expenditure on egg care on (A) nymph number and (B) mean nymph weight

Egg number (EN)

56.07

1

< 0.0001

0.26

1

0.607

Mean egg mass (MEM)

0.05

1

0.816

8.78

1

0.003

Mothers weight loss (MWL)

7.78

1

0.005

0.35

1

0.552

EN : MEM

7.71

1

0.005

0.01

1

0.938

EN : MWL

11.66

1

0.001

1.18

1

0.277

MEM : MWL

7.27

1

0.007

0.01

1

0.921