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Female bedbugs abdomen, SEM
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Female bedbugs abdomen, SEM
Female bedbugs abdomen. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the external groove over the pleural membrane on the abdomen of a female bedbug (Cimex lectularius). During mating, the male uses a specialised organ to pierce the females abdomen at this groove and deposit his sperm in a sac. The sperm then migrate through the body cavity to the seminal conceptacles, where they are stored ready for fertilisation. Among the insects, this so-called traumatic insemination is unique to bedbugs and related families. Two to four generations of young can be bred yearly. Bedbugs feed on human blood. Magnification: x395 at 10 cm wide
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Abdomen Bed Bug Bedbug Cimex Lectularius Copulation Insecta Mating Reproductive Organ Reproductive Structure Sexual Reproduction
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