Fig. 5

Potential benefits of differential allocation in reproductive investment when males of the spider Paratrechalea ornata are exposed to females in POOR and GOOD condition. a Latency between copulation and oviposition according to female condition and the number of flies added to the gift. White dots represent males exposed to females in POOR condition and black dots represent males exposed to females in GOOD condition. Lines indicate the tendency predicted for males exposed to each experimental group: dashed = females in POOR condition; solid = females in GOOD condition. The shaded area indicates the 95 % confidence interval. b Boxplot of the total number of eggs laid by females according to their condition. The boxes contain 50 % of the data and the line inside each box represents the median