TIL that bed bugs reproduce by "traumatic insemination". Males pierce and ejaculate into the abdomen of a female with a dagger-like penis then their parasite-like sperm travel through the circulatory system to the ovaries to fertilize the eggs. It doesn't stop there...
io9.gizmodo.com/traumatic-insemination-is-pre...Posted Mar 12, 2020, 5:57 AM UTC
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