Thermal environment during and outside courtship jointly determine female remating rate in Drosophila melanogaster

► We tested how temperature impacts on remating rate in a fruit fly. ► Female mating rate was largely determined by temperature at point of courtship. ► Mating rate was also sensitive to temperature outside of courtship. ► Daily, seasonal & spatial thermal variation will thus alter ectotherm mating rate. ► Global change in temperature is also likely to impact on ectotherm mating rate.