Sexual selection in wild populations of seed bugs: the role of size in pre-copulatory mate choice by females and males

This dataset link comprises all data, R scripts, and raw data for the research paper titled 'Sexual selection in wild populations of seed bugs: the role of size in pre-copulatory mate choice by females and males'. It contains data spreadsheets and R scripts for both Spilostethus pandurus and Lygaeus creticus, the raw photos taken and used to obtain the size measurements, and a READ.ME file
, , # Sexual selection in wild populations of seed bugs: the role of size in pre-copulatory mate choice by females and males

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.sf7m0cgkr](10.5061/dryad.sf7m0cgkr)

## Description of the data and file structure

This README file is for all the data related to the research paper ‘Sexual selection in wild populations of seed bugs: the role of size in pre-copulatory mate choice by females and males’.

Authors: Ophelia S Fritsch and David M Shuker

In this study, we sampled mating and non-mating individuals of both *Spilostethus pandurus* and *Lygaeus creticus* in Sicily, directly in their habitat. We then measured them for three body size measurements and compared these between mated individuals and individuals found not mating to see patterns of non-random mating in regard to body size.

Throughout the R scripts and in document titles, the names ‘Spilo’ or ‘spilo’ are short for Spilostethus pandurus and ‘Creticus’ or ‘creticus’ are short for Lygaeus creticus.

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