Table 1 Counts of behaviours displayed by males (mounts) and females (lunges, flicks, twitches) during mating trials, reported as estimated marginal means ± SE (range), with significant differences between adult and subadult within each pairing trial type indicated in bold. The remating trials of subadult-mated females were conducted after they reached maturity *

n

34

35

26

28

Pre-copulatory mounts

27.8 ± 5.9

(0–118)

1.0 ± 0.3

(0–4)

28 ± 6

(0–64)

18 ± 4

(0–69)

Lunges

0.9 ± 0.2

(0–4)

0.9 ± 0.2

(0–5)

2.0 ± 0.5

(0–14)

1.6 ± 0.4

(0–7)

Flicks

19.6 ± 3.2

(2–45)

11.4 ± 2.0

(0–60)

11.8 ± 2.1

(1–55)

17.9 ± 3.2

(0–60)

Twitches

2.6 ± 1.0

(0–20)

0.3 ± 0.1

(0–3)

1.8 ± 0.7

(0–8)

1.2 ± 0.5

(0–7)