The Best Timing of Mate Search in Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda, Oniscidea)
Figure 1
Moulting and reproductive cycle of terrestrial isopod females.
Vitellogenesis. ––: approximate trend in the production of vitellogenin, o: oocytes (small white: before vitellogenesis, medium light grey: first stage of vitellogenesis, big dark grey: second stage of vitellogenesis); Moulting. NM: normal moult, PM: parturial moult, NI: normal intermoult, PPM: preparturial intermoult, PM: parturial moult; A/B: post-ecdysis, C: di-ecdysis, D0, D1, D2–4: beginning, middle and end of pre-ecdysis, E: ecdysis “birth” means the action of female releasing pulli from the brood pouch into the environment. Δ: as described by Moreau and Rigaud [40]; *: experimental groups in our tests.