Older males attract more females but get fewer matings in a wild field cricket

We thank L. Rodríguez and M. C. Muñoz for unconditional support, providing access to facilities including the WildCrickets study meadow. The following people contributed to video processing and data recording: Liu Xingping, Thor Veen, Carlos Rodríguez del Valle, Alan Rees, Hannah Hudson, Sophie Haugland Pedersen, Geetanjali Mishra, Jasmine Jenkin, Lauren Morse, Emma Rogan, Emelia Hiorns, Sarah Callow, Jamie Barnes, Chloe Mnatzaganian, Olivia Pearson, Adèle James, Robin Brown, Chris Shipway, Ian Skicko, Luke Meadows and Peter Efstratiou. We also thank www.icode.co.uk for developing their i-Catcher video recording package to optimize it for behavioural research. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC; standard grants: NE/E005403/1, NE/H02364X/1, NE/L003635/1 and NE/R000328/1 and studentship: NE/H02249X/1 to D. Fisher) and The Leverhulme Trust.Peer reviewedPublisher PD