Females pay little attention to variation in male display traits in a jumping spider with dimorphic males

Dimorphic male alternative reproductive strategies typically involve divergent suites of morphological and behavioral traits to maximize reproductive success. Most instances of these strategies typically follow similar patterns of a larger, territorial or aggressive male morph and a smaller, satellite male morph. The genetically determined male morphs of the jumping spider, Maevia inclemens, have evolved dramatically different secondary sexual traits and courtship behavior, but do not seem to fit the classic mold of male alternative reproductive strategies. In the past several decades, advances have been made to better understand the different reproductive strategies between the morphs and how females (or predators) perceive them differently. However, the specific information content and function of their dimorphic morphological traits, and whether female aggression is an important factor in their evolution, is still not clearly understood. We tested two hypotheses for alternative matin..., Data was collected by manually analyzing behavioral videos and recording different mating behaviors. This file is the raw data that includes count, time, and descriptive data., Files are .csv and can be opened with Excel, R, and Rstudio., # Females pay little attention to variation in male display traits in a jumping spider with dimorphic males

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Data for behavioral experiment with jumping spider where males were manipulated in one of two ways, paired with a female, and female behavior in the context of male traits was measured

## Description of the Data and file structure

All data is within a single file. Column names and descriptions are listed below

* TestID=individual unique ID for each trial
* MatureMolt=format MM/DD, calendar date that the female in the the trial molted to maturity, should be 7 days before test date
* TestDate=format MM/DD, calendar date that trial was conducted and recorded
* Year=year that the trial was conducted, trials took place summer of 2020 and 2021
* MaleMorph=striped or tufted male morph of Maevia inclemens used in trial
* MatingSuccess=binary y/n for whether the pair of spiders in the test successfully copulated, determined by the male successfully mounting the female and tu...