Do insects give birth?

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I mean, in the same way humans do. I guess insects grow out of eggs. Anyway, some context, today one of those flying ants landed on my leg, I brushed it off, and it appeared that two insects had been attached to each other, one much smaller than the other, "it just gave birth" I thought "don't be silly jel, obviously they were shagging!". This took me back to a time when I was 9, and a bunch of us were watching a bee give birth, and it occured to me that they were probably shagging too. There really isn't enough mention of bees in the birds and the bees, and I have lost another one of my slightly odd childhood memories.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

jel you killed the queen!!!!

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:29 (twenty-two years ago)

why did the ant elope?

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

because the rhino saw us

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

haha not bad

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, I never killed any insects!

I predict that tomorrow will be "Day of the Flying Ants" in London, a little early this year.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

yes i saw one this morning

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

do triffids give birth?

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread reads great backwards.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

They lay eggs

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

http://ccvipmp.ucdavis.edu/insects/lettuceroot/RAbirthweb1.jpg

― Innocent Dreamer (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 20:15 (twenty-two years ago)

(that would be my Dada-style post, see)

― Innocent Dreamer (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 20:17 (twenty-two years ago)

six years pass...

this is a pretty cool story

http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/19/scientists-use-sex-crazed-bugs-as-alternative-to-toxic-pesticides/

In today’s “gross news” category, some female insects might be getting lucky. As an alternative to toxic pesticides, scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created “super-sexed” sterilized male leafhoppers to knock bug boots with females in the wild. Yes, that means that the female bugs will miss out on the joys of motherhood, but if the research proves successful, we may be able to eliminate a lot of the harmful and very ungreen chemicals that we currently use to keep food crops pest free.

― 丫 power (dyao), Sunday, 21 March 2010 07:00 (fifteen years ago)

How can a insect have birth loool?

― the fantastic flaw (S-), Sunday, 21 March 2010 08:41 (fifteen years ago)

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