Can insects interbreed

There are exceptions, of course, and the most dramatic is perhaps the bedbug, where males actually pierce the body cavity of the female with their penis to deposit sperm. Springtails Order Collembola are exceptional also in that the male produces spermatophores and places them in a circle around the female.

The male then performs a courtship dance, encouraging the female to cross the circle. The female then grasps one droplet with her genital opening, which leads to fertilization. Mating may occur on the wing, the primary examples being the "lovebugs" of the southern states, which are actually flies, and members of the insect order Odonata dragonflies and damselflies. After mating, there is danger for some males. Praying mantis females sometimes eat their mates, starting with the head.

The male mantis continues mating even though his head is gone! After mating, however, the main concern is the oviposition of eggs in a place that does not expose them to predation. Once the eggs are deposited, the adult females leave the scene. Methods and patterns of laying eggs are extremely varied, generally peculiar to the species. Commonly, females deposit their eggs near, on, or in the food of the immature stage.

Beebe, W. Dambach, C. Davey, K. Since most of the bed bugs infesting the U. Once these insects seed an infestation in a building, treating them with the standard bug spray might not get rid of them. The only hope is that one of the insecticides registered with the Environmental Protection Agency for use against beg bugs might do the trick.

Instead of being genetically similar, bugs from different states showed a high level of genetic diversity, suggesting that they came from multiple sources rather than a single infestation. This is the worst possible scenario for us, the humans hosts, and the best possible scenario for the bugs.

The research appears in the American Naturalist. ScienceDaily, 8 August University of Chicago Press Journals. Bizarre insect inbreeding signals an end to males. Retrieved November 10, from www. Childlessness by Circumstance Oct. Scientists have now shown in an extensive analysis of 23, zebra finch eggs that infertility is mainly At the end of their journey to Central or South America, you might find mostly males in one