During the rainy season, the female mates and lays eggs.

Leslie peeks at them again, this time with his female mate, Sarah.

At some point, the female mates with one or more of the males, and once she gives birth the alliance loses interest in her.

They are only mentioned in the book while Bagheera's female mate is not.

He then starts looking for females, and by summer may have up to four female mates living with him.

The female mates with two or three males each year.

Males of this species offer food gifts to potential female mates.

A female mates conspicuously with a dominant male in the middle of a lawn.

However, each time a female mates, she becomes less likely to mate again.