
Nuptial gifts are food items or inedible tokens that are transferred to females by males during courtship or copulation. Inedible tokens may include items such as a fragment of leaf or twig, a seed tuft, or a silk balloon. In many species of animals, including birds, insects and spiders, this takes the form of a food item that is transferred by a ...
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items provided by a male invertebrate to a female prior to mating.
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