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[-] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Meanwhile, mantises:

Him 🙏

Her 💆‍♂️🔪

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 18 points 8 hours ago

Bed bugs use a process called traumatic insemination to reproduce. The male breaks the female’s shell to inject sperm into a cavity called the hemocoel. It travels around the bed bug’s ‘bloodstream’ to the ovaries and fertilizes the eggs. The female will then leave to find another harborage and lay eggs for 6-8 weeks after mating just once.

For those who don't know.

[-] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 1 points 36 minutes ago

Evolutionary, what advantage could this possibly hold?

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 minutes ago

When you're a shitty little insect it's easier to knock her up if you merely have to aim for "in her body."

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

For more examples.

[-] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

I dont get it

[-] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Males stab the females with their genetalia (literally stab as there is no opening) and ejaculate into the cavity. Then hopefully it gets carried through the blood stream and ends with successful insemination.