English | English Two house longhorns of the opposite sexes ready to mate meet on dry wood suitable for nourishing the larvae. The insects stroke each other briefly with raised antennae and without foreplay of any length of time, the male mounts the female. At this point a pairing attitude of the male can take place in that he trills the females sides with his antennae and strokes the wings of his mate with the protarsi, from the outside edge to the inside. At the same time the female projects from the pygidium the last section of the laying duct with vagina. The male introduces his organ into the vagina, which normally only succeeds after several attempts. After successful copulation the male leaves quickly. |