... transfer of sperm via the insertion of part of the male’s aedeagus (edeagus), the penis, into the repro-ductive tract of the female. In males of many species the extrusion of the aedeagus during ... Such move-ment, and sometimes also the presence of serrations on the tip of the ovipositor, is responsible for the pier-cing action of the ovipositor into an egg-laying site.Movement of eggs ... oviposition in insects. 5.1 BRINGING THE SEXES TOGETHER Insects often are at their most conspicuous when syn-chronizing the time and place for mating. The flashinglights of fireflies, the singing of crickets,...