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We examined how maternal age at oviposition and maternal dietary conditions influence offspring developmental responses to resource availability in the thelytokous predatory mite\n                    <jats:italic>Amblyseius herbicolus<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Mothers received either a restricted or abundant prey diet, and their offspring were exposed to varying prey availability and monitored for hatching success, survival to adulthood, developmental duration, size at maturity, and prey consumption. We asked how maternal age influences offspring development and whether maternal diet modifies these age\u2010related effects. Offspring of older mothers had higher survival to adulthood, developed for longer, attained a larger size at maturity, and consumed fewer prey during development. Maternal age also interacted with offspring prey availability to influence survival, while maternal diet modified age\u2010related effects on developmental duration, offspring size, and prey consumption. 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