Sakaluk S K
Science. 1984 Feb 10;223(4636):609-10. doi: 10.1126/science.223.4636.609.
The spermatophore transferred by the male decorated cricket Gryllodes supplicans to the female during copulation includes a large gelatinous portion (spermatophylax), which the female removes and feeds on immediately after mating. Females usually removed and ate the smaller sperm-containing portion (ampulla) within 1 to 7 minutes after fully consuming or losing the spermatophylax. Complete sperm transfer requires that the ampulla remain attached for a minimum of 50 minutes; this corresponds to the average time at which females actually removed ampullae, 52.0 +/- 2.2 minutes after mating. These results indicate that nuptial feeding of the female cricket functions to deter females from removing the sperm ampulla before sperm transfer is complete.
雄性饰蟋（Gryllodes supplicans）在交配时传递给雌性的精包包含一个大的凝胶状部分（精包叶），雌性在交配后会立即移除并食用该部分。雌性通常在完全消耗或失去精包叶后的1至7分钟内移除并吃掉较小的含精子部分（壶腹）。完整的精子传递要求壶腹至少附着50分钟；这与雌性实际移除壶腹的平均时间相符，即交配后52.0±2.2分钟。这些结果表明，雌性蟋蟀的婚飞进食作用是防止雌性在精子传递完成前移除精子壶腹。
