Fig. 4From: Females of a gift-giving spider do not trade sex for food gifts: a consequence of male deception? a Fecundity (hatched eggs + unhatched eggs) and b Number of spiderlings (hatched eggs), from well-fed females receiving fly gifts (Well fed-Nutritive gift, N Fecundity = 18 and N No. spiderlings = 17), well-fed females receiving worthless gifts (Well fed-Worthless gift, N Fecundity = 19 and N No. spiderlings = 19) and poorly fed females receiving fly gifts (Poorly fed-Nutritive gift, N Fecundity = 18 and N No. spiderlings = 17 respectively). Data are given as mean ± standard error; different letters indicate statistical differences among groupsBack to article page