To answer the question, no. Male insects do not have penises, female insects have ovipositors which they touch to the males' sperm sack to collect sperm and fertilize their eggs before laying them.
Yes, yes, bugs are a particular family of insect characterized by sucking mouthparts and one pair of wings(no more, no less). I was using "bug" in the social definition, not the formal one.
Fish are weird, too. The more I learn about the animal kingdom, the more it makes sense how few of them have sex for recreation as well as procreation.
(Though I'd have thought snakes would be more up on that...)
Errata for that previous comment. Apparently the number of wings is unimportant for True Bugs, as the family includes Aphids, which are wingless, and Shield Bugs, which...I think... have 2 pairs of wings.
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Oddly enough, the post you had up for your one millionth visitor had to do with penises.
Congratulations!!!
Yeah, leeeeetle bitty penises. :-)
To answer the question, no. Male insects do not have penises, female insects have ovipositors which they touch to the males' sperm sack to collect sperm and fertilize their eggs before laying them.
Yes, bugs do it in reverse. Bugs are weird.
Volfram and bugs are weird. Insects are not bugs. Trust me, I'm a fish biologist.
Yes, yes, bugs are a particular family of insect characterized by sucking mouthparts and one pair of wings(no more, no less). I was using "bug" in the social definition, not the formal one.
Fish are weird, too. The more I learn about the animal kingdom, the more it makes sense how few of them have sex for recreation as well as procreation.
(Though I'd have thought snakes would be more up on that...)
Errata for that previous comment. Apparently the number of wings is unimportant for True Bugs, as the family includes Aphids, which are wingless, and Shield Bugs, which...I think... have 2 pairs of wings.
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