Question

Suppose that mutation and subsequent evolution occurred resulting in singing male crickets that could resist or otherwise withstand the fly parasitism, and the flies also underwent evolution to better infect these more resistant male crickets, and so on. Explain the ecological and evolutionary dynamics between the male crickets and the parasitoid flies that would then occur. Also explain why sexual reproduction would be an asset in this situation.

Answer 1

Singing cricket realease high pitch voice in order to mate and the cricket who produced the highest pitch voice gets attracted .

But this high pitching sound can also attract predators so if these crickets get mutated to withstand predators , so it's increased chances of mating and led to increase in population.

But if one of the flies attack this mutated singling cricket and survive, the the utlimately population of fly will increase and again crickets willl be non resistant to predator. This keeps on going again and again.

Since singing help in attraction of female cricket, it helps in sexual reproduction of cricket