Fig. 3From: Offspring dependence on parental care and the role of parental transfer of oral fluids in burying beetlesLarval masses [mg] at hatching (0 h) and after two hours on a specific food source in (a) N. orbicollis, (b) N. pustulatus and (c) N. vespilloides. N = 15 for each species and treatment. Each line represents one individual larva. The red line represents the mean of all larvae in one treatmentBack to article page