11. The competitive aspect of insemination increases the frequency of polyandrous events and fertilizations. 12. Female red flour beetles are polyandrous in mating behavior. 13. Polyandrous females have two or more mating partners while they are in heat.14. For this reason many considered Spartan women polyandrous . 15. However, this is not the case, as larger females are more polyandrous . 16. Both polyandrous and polygynous mating occurs, and males contribute heavily to parental care. 17. Red Flour beetles engage in polyandrous mating behavior. 18. It alone among paper wasps is often polyandrous . 19. Species of crickets, specifically Gryllus bimaculatus, are known to exhibit polyandrous sexual selection. 20. Polyandrous marriages were often characterized by tensions and clashes for a variety of different reasons.