Serious are mammalian behaviors such as hypergamy observable in reptilian/insect species

[SeifEsteem]

my evolutionary biology textbooks nvr really covered this

 

[Deleted member 15101]

Gd question,

 

[FlyFace]

my evolutionary biology textbooks nvr really covered this

You know there is actually a video on YouTube that actually kind of covers the insect part of question.

I have to warn you it is quite disgusting, I like this guys videos when he talks about spiders though.. he lives in Australia and has been having a big problem fighting against Redback spiders in his back yard. He usually incinerates them with a home made flamethrower which is pretty funny.

TL;DW it is a video that shows that the fly mating instinct is stronger than the fly eating instinct.. the flies literally have a never ending orgy in a plastic bottle and the pheromones keep attracting flies when even food is outside.. it literally has a putrid sea of fly corpses that the alive flies use as food for the larvae.

 

[andinocel]

Edit - ooops I misread the question. You were asking about insects.


Great question.
Depends on the species I think. Among lions, if a male defeats another male, he takes over the pride, kills any cubs living there, and the lionesses mate with the new guy. Solitary male lions are mistrusted by males and feared by females (until he defeats their mate)....so yes, lions are hypergamous.
Elephants, hippos and gorillas are similar if I’m not mistaken.
I don’t know about reptiles and insects