Socially cued developmental plasticity in web-building spiders

Table 1 Developmental parameters of male Nephila fenestrata and N. senegalensis reared in different experimental treatments

	N. fenestrata			N. senegalensis
	No female cues	Female cues	n	No female cues	Female cues	n
Duration of development (start to maturity) [d]	57.36 ± 0.78	57.18 ± 0.86	153	68.83 ± 0.86	65.36 ± 0.63	142
Duration of subadult stage [d]	18.51 ± 0.18	18.26 ± 0.15	153	21.12 ± 0.25	19.38 ± 0.21	142
Adult size/patella-tibia [mm]	5.69 ± 0.09	5.65 ± 0.09	150	4.74 ± 0.09	4.62 ± 0.1	132
Adult weight [mg]	18 ± 0.58	18.22 ± 0.56	153	22.46 ± 0.66	21.06 ± 0.7	141

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