Data underlying the following publication: Wong, J. W. Y., & Kölliker, M. 2014. Effects of food restriction across stages of juvenile and early adult development on body weight, survival, and adult life history. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Two data files (tab-separated txt-files) are included: 1) F_data_earwigonto_dryad.txt: data from the female manipulation experiment 2) M_data_earwigonto_dryad.txt: data from the male manipulation experiment The variable names are identical in the two files, except for female and male specific variables, in which case “female” or “male” are used in the variable names (e.g., for body weight). Here we provide the names from the female data, for the male data-set, simply replace “female” by “male”. - ID.of.mother: identity code for the mother of the animals that were used in the experiment. - F1.n.nymphs.setup:number of individuals per brood that were setup (usually 20). - Res.1st.half: food restriction treatment during the early juvenile period (1st half of nymph development; referred to as EAR in manuscript). yes: food restricted, no: ad libitum food. - Res.2nd.half: food restriction treatment during the late juvenile period (2nd half of nymph development; referred to as LAT in manuscript). yes: food restricted, no: ad libitum food. - Res.adults: food restriction treatment during the early adult period (referred to as AD in manuscript). yes: food restricted, no: ad libitum food. - Exp.m.f: code for the female manipulation experiment (F) and male manipulation experiment (M). - Weight.female1.day1: body weight of the experimental females at adult emergence. - Total.n.females.emerged: number of adult females emerging from a brood. - Total.n.adults:total number of adults emerging from a brood. - F2.clutch.size.1st: number of eggs in the 1st clutch. - F2.indv.nymph.weight.1st: mean individual body weight of newly hatched nymphs of the 1st clutch. - F2.n.nymphs.1st: number of hatched nymphs in the 1st clutch. - F2.1st.hatched: yes: there was hatching, no: eggs did not hatch, na: no 1st clutch was produced. - F2.clutch.size.2nd: number of eggs in the 2nd clutch. - F2.indv.nymph.weight.2nd: mean individual body weight of newly hatched nymphs of the 2nd clutch. - F2.n.nymphs.2nd: number of hatched nymphs in the 2nd clutch. - F2.2nd.hatched: yes: there was hatching, no: eggs did not hatch, na: no 2nd clutch was produced. - F2.2nd.clutch.produced: “1”: a 2nd clutch was produced, “0”: no 2nd clutch produced - F2.n.eggs.tot: total (lifetime) number of eggs produced by the experimental females (or the female mates of the experimental males in the male data-set). - F2.n.nymphs.tot: total (lifetime) number of hatched nymphs produced by the experimental females (or the female mates of the experimental males in the male data-set).