Female insects are able to make eggs, receive and store sperm, manipulate sperm from different males, and lay eggs. Their reproductive systems are made...

The reproductive system of an organism, also known as the genital system, is the biological system made up of all the anatomical organs involved in sexual...

The insect nervous system consists of a brain and a ventral nerve cord. Most insects reproduce by laying eggs. Insects breathe air through a system of...

fish and amphibians). In insects and other invertebrates, the vagina can be a part of the oviduct (see insect reproductive system). Birds have a cloaca into...

Insect physiology includes the physiology and biochemistry of insect organ systems. Although diverse, insects are quite similar in overall design, internally...

genitalia depends upon the taxonomic group that insect belongs to, the internal female reproductive system of all Lepidopterans consists of paired ovaries...

species of insect. Long, slender (extratory) malpighian tubules can be found between the junction of the mid- and hind gut. The reproductive system of females...

individuals truly dependent on each other for survival and reproductive success. For many insects, this irreversibility has changed the anatomy of the worker...

retention, such as insect spermatheca and bird sperm storage tubules (bird anatomy), to more general regions of the reproductive tract enriched with...

coelom of the arthropod is reduced to small areas around the reproductive and excretory systems. Its place is largely taken by a hemocoel, a cavity that runs...

then gliding. The forelimbs could be used for grasping after a jump or as "insect trapping nets", animals could wave them, helping themselves during the jump...

have a carnivorous diet consisting of small invertebrates, especially insects, but omnivorous species exist and a few feed on plant matter. Frogs generally...

of x-ray photon irradiation on the reproductive cells of the insects. SIT does not involve the release of insects modified through transgenic (genetic...

males. The reproductive strategies of many species include at least some amount of asexual reproduction by parthenogenesis. Some scale insects are serious...

particular insect of interest is complicated and a long, intensive process. For example, using pheromones only attracts insects in their reproductive stage...

"Microorganisms associated with chromosome destruction and reproductive isolation between two insect species", Nature, 346 (6284): 558–560, Bibcode:1990Natur...

one reproductive cycle, they can afford to expend energy on maternal care because those offspring are her only offspring. An iteroparous insect does...

silverfish never evolved wings. In some eusocial insects like ants and termites, only the alate reproductive castes develop wings during the mating season...

glands.[better source needed] These glands are found only in mammals. In insects, male accessory glands produce products that mix with the sperm to protect...

A sex organ, also known as a reproductive organ, is a part of an organism that is involved in sexual reproduction. Sex organs constitute the primary sex...

butterfly, Danaus plexippus. In cases where the insect remains active, feeding is reduced and reproductive development is slowed or halted. Embryonic diapause...

which are larger than other wētā, despite the latter also being large by insect standards. Large species can be up to 7 cm (3 in), not inclusive of legs...

reproduction. The breeding system, or how the sperm from one plant fertilizes the ovum of another, depends on the reproductive morphology, and is the single...

An aedeagus (/iˈdi.ə.ɡəs/ or /i.diˈeɪ.ɡəs/ pl. aedeagi) is a reproductive organ of male arthropods through which they secrete sperm from the testes during...

this feature could participate in reproductive females' longevity. Juvenile hormones (JHs) are involved in insect development, reproduction, longevity...

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subfamily Plusiinae. It has the largest recorded brood of any parasitoidal insect, at 3,055 individuals. The life cycle begins when a female oviposits into...

Origins of Human Mating Systems. John OUP Oxford. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-19156-973-9. Susan Long (2006). Veterinary Genetics and Reproductive Physiology. Churchill...

Termites are eusocial insects that live in colonies. They have a caste system, with a king and queen in each colony and many non-reproductive workers. The workers...

individuals, the flight muscles deteriorate during adulthood and the insect's reproductive capabilities improve. Captive crickets are omnivorous; when deprived...