Mating Behavior of Bollworm Moths1,2,3,4

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The bollworm moth, Heliothis zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), vibrates its wings during courtship, and the male wipes the scales of his claspers on a supporting surface between periods of vibration. Receptive females extend the terminal abdominal segments and vibrate their wings. Then the receptive female, whose terminal abdominal segments are extended and whose wings are vibrating, is approached from behind by the male who taps the ovipositor of the female with his antennae, crawls to a position at the side of and about 2 cm from and parallel to her, and snaps his claspers around her genitalia to complete the copulatory connection. Mated pairs remain in copula from ¾ to 1½ hr.

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