Pre-winter copulation enhances overwintering success of Orius females (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae)

The majority of insects that overwinter in the adult stage copulate post-winter. Some such insects copulate not only post-winter, but also pre-winter and/or during winter. In Orius species, only females overwinter. As they have no chance to copulate post-winter, they do so pre-winter. We expected pr...

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