“…Pre-dispersal seed predation (PDSP) for example, represents an important, yet poorly understood, limiting factor in the production of viable seeds in many ecosystems (Abdala-Roberts et al, 2010;Gripenberg, 2018;Perea et al, 2020;Souza & Fagundes, 2017). PDSP also varies broadly among habitats (Turner et al, 1996;Bonal et al, 2012;Jeffs et al, 2018;Rodrigues et al 2012), plant species (Fox et al, 2012;Xu et al, 2015), and individual plant traits (Basset et al, 2021;Ferreira et al, 2022). The understanding of mechanisms of seed selection used by insect predators, for instance, yields valuable insights for insect evolutionary ecology (e.g., Peguero et al, 2017;Silva & Rossi, 2019) and applied entomology (e.g., Bogdziewicz et al, 2019;Dechaine et al, 2010), as seeds are primary food sources for different wild animals and humans (Nambara & Nonogaki, 2012).…”