It may be significant for this argument to point out that such females can lay eggs very soon after mating, thus reducing the likelihood that insects in the very susceptible stage (the large and heavy female) might suffer death due to predation.
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Sperm Competition and Paternity in the Endangered Firefly <i>Pyrocoelia pectoralis</i> (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Lampyrinae).
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