Methods:
My study species includes two groups of female polymorphic and female monomorphic species. In both types, I measure population density and harassment rates, and clutch size of females. Working with my collaborator, Tom Schultz, we measure signal reflectance of polymorphic and monomorphic species, to provide an understanding of the consequences to males, of two types of female crypsis (i.e. similarity with male signals and similarity with background). Among a variety of field experiments, we use fluorescent dusting of males and subsequent examination for dust on females to estimate harassment rates.