Exoneurella eremophila dissections, Mildura Australia

Dissection data from nests of Exoneurella eremophila collected in Mildura, Victoria, Australia in summer (January 2014) and autumn (April 2014). All females in each nest were dissected. Females were labelled from '1' onwards in the order they were dissected (variable: 'female'). Combined with the nest number this provides a unique identifier for each individual who was dissected. Wing length ('wlength') was measured in eye piece micrometer units from the tip of the submarginal cell to the axilliary sclerites. 'wlmm' provides the measurement in mm. The number of wing nicks from 0 - 21 (21 = wing edges completely ragged) were counted ('nicks'). The spermatheca was observed and evidence of insemination was coded '1' while unmated individuals were coded '0'. The length of the 3 largest oocytes were measured in eye piece micrometer units ('ov1', 'ov2', 'ov3'). The mean oocyte size was calculated ('meanOV') and converted to mm ('meanOVmm'). The sum of the oocytes was also calculated ('sumOV') and converted to mm ('sumOVmm').'SOCYN' indicates if the nest was social ('soc') or solitary ('sol').