Two male Japanese scorpionflies fight each other (IMAGE)

Okayama University

Two male Japanese scorpionflies fight each other

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When two male Japanese scorpionflies fight, the loser males among scorpionflies must employ alternate tactics in order to mate with a female. Researchers from Okayama University, Japan, report the variations in alternate mating tactics employed by males in two regionally different populations of the same species of scorpionfly.

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Ryo Ishihara from Okayama University

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