Data from: Testing for cryptic male mate choice in an insect with high mating failure

Dataset for the publication: Balfour V.L., Abbs, M.M. and Shuker, D.M. (2026). Testing for cryptic male mate choice in an insect with high mating failure. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 80:44. doi: 10.1007/s00265-026-03721-9

For full details of the methodology, please refer to the manuscript. Details of what data is provided in each file are explained in the READ ME files (.docx). Raw data are provided in the .xls files, and the data analysed are provided in the .csv files and the provided .R script files contain the code used to analyse each experiment in the data.

Software required to view the READ ME file is Microsoft word, software to view the .xls and .csv files is Microsoft excel, and R is required to run the analysis.