A Spider Researcher, Pia Stålhandske, Knew That Males of Pisaura

Multiple Choice

A spider researcher, Pia Stålhandske, knew that males of Pisaura mirabilis offer their mates a nuptial gift-a prey item, such as a cricket-whose acceptance by the female is critical for male mating success. Males wrap their generally dark-colored food gifts in white silk. Stålhandske wondered if the males wrapped their gifts to make them look like the white, silk-covered egg sacs that mated females make and protect by holding them in their jaws until the spiderlings hatch.
Which prediction might Stålhandske have felt could be correct, given her presumption that males might be making their nuptial gifts look like egg sacs?

A) The time for a female to accept a nuptial gift should be less for prey covered in silk that has been experimentally colored brown instead of white.
B) Natural silk-covered prey should not be comparable in light reflectance to silken egg sacs.
C) Females should be prepared to accept silken egg sacs that had been taken from them and offered back as if they were nuptial gifts.
D) Males that offer nuptial gifts should be larger than males that fail to do so.