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File:Paragomphus lineatus male 3 by kadavoor.jpg, not featured
[edit]Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 20 Jun 2012 at 07:14:57 (UTC)
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- Info Dragonflies and Damselflies are unique in the insect world in that the male possess a set of secondary sexual organs on the 2nd abdominal segments as well as his primary sexual apparatus on the 9th segment at the end of his abdomen. Before copulation, the male has to transfer sperm from the primary to the secondary genitalia. So the male prepares for mating by bending his abdomen downward and forward to form a circle and transfers sperm from the tip of his abdomen to a small pouch at the base of the secondary genitalia. In essence, the male has to inseminate himself before he can even begin the action of inseminating a female. All by me -- Jkadavoor (talk) 07:14, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support -- For this species, the 'hook' is a real help! Jkadavoor (talk) 07:14, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 15:42, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 16:29, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support -- Norbert Nagel (talk) 06:24, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support -- Joydeep (talk) 18:25, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
Result: 5 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 17:01, 20 June 2012 (UTC)