Question

Praying mantis females often eat the males following copulation(similar to the redback spiders). One hypothesis for this behaviorin the male mantids is that by doing so, the male benefits becausethe female can then produce more, larger offspring. These offspringthen have better survival and reproductive success. If thishypothesis is true, what is the best prediction?

A.Females that consume males will have more, larger offspringthan females that do not consume males

B.Larger mantids have higher survival rates Males that avoidbeing eaten during copulation are able to mate with multiplefemales

C. All of the above

D.A and B only