Jerry, what do you think about heat supposedly killing the viable sperm of male zonatas...I have not experienced this, but in the field I notice that females are nearly always out before the males...seasonally speaking. I could literally not find a single male Z last time I went hunting in northern Cali/southern Oregon??? I think I am going to bring my females out two weeks earlier than my males, we'll see.



This is actually a very good point. Not just about Z's but also the fact i have warmed up males to early and had 100% slugs that year. I wish I did a check on the microscope to see if the sperm was any good, but I can't imagine anything else that it could be..



Bottom line i just leave the males alone. They get poor treatment, less food (spoiled food!) and that all equals less work on my part. And that seems to work just fine. They do their job best this way. It's the females I am focused on.
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