Insect Leks. Insects have leks as well. Fruit flies, moths, and even some beetles exhibit this behavior. Male fruit flies assemble on sunlit leaves to buzz and dance to attract a mate.

Diet and size influence sexual advertisement and copulatory success of males in Mediterranean fruit fly leks. Ecol. Entomol.25: 279-284 KASPI, R., AND B. YuvAl. 2000. Post-teneral protein feeding ...

Sexual selec- tion and lek behavior in the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Dipteraa: Tephritidae). Pacific Scienc43: 135-143. ARNQVIST, G. AND D. WOOSTER 1995. Meta-analysis: synthesizing ...

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Fruit flies can be really troublesome, especially during the summer months, but luckily an expert has shared a cheap but effective way of getting rid of the pesky insects.

Insect Leks. Insects have leks as well. Fruit flies, moths, and even some beetles exhibit this behavior. Male fruit flies assemble on sunlit leaves to buzz and dance to attract a mate.