Bedbugs mate via traumatic insemination. The male pierces the females abdomen and injects sperm through the injury directly into the females bloodstream
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Redtail987
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Pseudobiceros hancockanus, Hancock’s flatworm. Marine flatworms such as this one engage in penis-fencing, and the loser, the one whose epidermis is pierced with the other worm’s stylet, becomes the female. This is known as traumatic insemination.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Channa_Argus1121
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TIL of penis fencing, a mating behavior in hermaphroditic species of flatworm. Two flatworm β€œfight” and try to penetrate the other's epidermis and inject sperm into them (aka "traumatic insemination"). The loser becomes fertilized and is known as the "mother", while the victor becomes the "father" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Sansabina
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Some invertebrates, like bed bugs for example, copulate in a way called β€œtraumatic insemination”. Also, matings between 2 male bed bugs are not uncommon.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/SnooOranges4389
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TIL that a single species of spiders reproduces by a process known as β€œtraumatic insemination”, in which the male sedates the female and proceeds to pierce her abdomen with one of its two penises to directly deposit sperm on its ovaries. nationalgeographic.com/sc…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DeerLord22
πŸ“…︎ Feb 26 2020
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TIDWTL about traumatic insemination

Bedbugs pierces the female’s abdomen to impregnate her.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_insemination

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πŸ‘€︎ u/el__mathieu
πŸ“…︎ Dec 30 2020
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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…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/HawkCougski
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Traumatic Insemination in The Flower big (more info in comments)
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Vurumai
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Traumatic insemination Ҁ“ male spider pierces femaleҀ™s underside with needle-sharp penis nationalgeographic.com/sc…
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TIL that some species, including bedbugs and fruit flies, reproduce through a process of traumatic insemination. The male literally stabs the female through their body wall in order to reproduce, using hypodermic genitalia. archive.cnx.org/contents/…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Iamluluvoodoo
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Bed bugs. They were mostly eradicated in the developed world, but have increased in prevalence since 1995, likely due to pesticide resistance, bans on pesticides, and travel. Bed bugs mate by traumatic insemination. the male pierces the female with his hypodermic penis and ejaculates into the body. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/casapulapula
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TIL about traumatic insemination which is the mating practice in some species of invertebrates in which the male pierces the female's abdomen with his aedeagus (reproductive organ) and injects his sperm through the wound into her abdominal cavity en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/GorillaS0up
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Traumatic insemination is the mating practice in some species of invertebrates in which the male pierces the female's abdomen with his aedeagus and injects his sperm through the wound into her abdominal cavity. Both homosexual and inter-species traumatic inseminations have been observed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/fideljongil
πŸ“…︎ Mar 12 2019
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TIL Bedbugs reproduce via a process known as "traumatic insemination" where the male pierces the abdomen of a female and injects his seed into the wound k9bedbugtracker.com/bed-b…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Punk32x
πŸ“…︎ Apr 03 2018
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Traumatic insemination
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Da_Bishop
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Traumatic Insemination en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DubStepTeddyBears
πŸ“…︎ Sep 14 2017
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TIL that bed bugs mate by traumatic insemination- the male pierces the female's abdomen with his hypodermic penis and ejaculates into the body cavity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/chennaipaiyyan
πŸ“…︎ Jan 20 2017
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Bedbugs reproduce through β€œtraumatic insemination”...
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πŸ‘€︎ u/wintermute916
πŸ“…︎ Jul 19 2019
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TIL Bedbugs reproduce via a process known as "traumatic insemination" where the male pierces the abdomen of a female and injects his seed into the wound k9bedbugtracker.com/bed-b…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Duzlo
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When Sex is Difficult (Traumatic Insemination): Fuel to Get Thinking About How the Races of Your Worlds Procreate and how DIFFERENT it may be From the Norm. youtube.com/watch?v=VVojX…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Incomitatum
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Traumatic Insemination is brutal youtube.com/watch?v=MCD2V…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Raoh522
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Bed bug females have adapted to traumatic insemination the-scorpion-and-the-frog…
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This horrid spiny thing is a penis of a bug which reproduces by traumatic insemination
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πŸ‘€︎ u/twenty_seven_owls
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TIL bedbugs exclusively practice traumatic insemination when mating. They literally stab the female in the back with their penis, inseminating her through the open wound. pnas.org/content/98/10/56…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/three-eyed-boy
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TIL there is a type of insect that reproduces through "traumatic insemination". The male, who has sharp pointed genitalia, stabs the female in the side of the body and injects the sperm which then finds it's way to the eggs. io9.com/5725199/traumatic…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/_Respekt_
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TIL bedbugs reproduce through "traumatic insemination" where the male stabs the female in the stomach with its penis and injects sperm through the wound into the abdomen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cim…
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TIL all Bed Bugs mate by traumatic insemination, meaning that stab the female in the stomach with a penis needle and inject her with the Semen despite the female having a reproductive tract. They also do it to other males sometimes.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/wooman20
πŸ“…︎ Aug 28 2013
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TIL that Bedbugs reproduce by Traumatic Insemination "during which the male pierces the female's abdominal wall with his external genitalia and inseminates into her body cavity." pnas.org/content/98/10/56…
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πŸ“…︎ Aug 25 2009
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Bed bugs mate through a process called traumatic insemination. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Sariel007
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TIL bed bugs mate by "traumatic insemination". It means the male bed bug perforates the female's abdomen with his hypodermic genitalia and ejaculates into the body cavity... instead of mating "old school". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Pretiacruento
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TIL Traumatic insemination is the mating practice in some species of invertebrates in which the male pierces the female's abdomen with his penis and injects his sperm through the wound into her abdominal cavity. encyclopedia.thefreedicti…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/antsut
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It's called "traumatic insemination" which is a very evocative phrase reddit.com/r/AskReddit/co…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/AniviaPls
πŸ“…︎ Jul 18 2016
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TIL that female bed bugs have no reproductive organs and the only they can be inseminated is through the piercing action of a male bed bug into the female's abdomen using its penis. Traumatic insemination is a thing in their world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/ikickrobots
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TIL there's such a thing as "Traumatic Insemination" (bed bugs): a mating practice in which the male pierces the female's abdomen and injects sperm through the wound into her abdominal cavity en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/speedyslothleader
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Traumatic insemination en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/George_Jefferson
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Traumatic Insemination en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/timberspine
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The bed bug has a unique mode of copulation termed β€œtraumatic” insemination during which the male pierces the female's abdominal wall with his external genitalia and inseminates into her body cavity. pnas.org/content/98/10/56…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/IJCQYR
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Traumatic insemination en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/King_Superman
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Bed bugs aren't the only one who like it rough: meet Harpactea sadistica, a spider with traumatic insemination scienceblogs.com/notrocke…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/HiddenRisk
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Traumatic Insemination secure.wikimedia.org/wiki…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DigitalMindShadow
πŸ“…︎ Sep 25 2010
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TIL that bedbugs reproduce by a process called traumatic insemination- The male creates a wound in the female's abdomen and injects his man juices. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra…
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Male deep-sea squid do not sexually discriminate - engage in "traumatic insemination" with every other squid nytimes.com/2011/09/21/sc…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/kimprobable
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Hypodermic insemination - the male pierces the female abdomen with his penis and injects sperm into the wound. Also known as traumatic insemination. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyp…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/washer
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TIL Traumatic insemination, also known as hypodermic insemination, is the mating practice in some species of invertebrates in which the male pierces the female's abdomen with his penis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/batboy132
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Traumatic Insemination
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