Comments on: Detachable spider penises: copulation blocker or escape mechanism?

By: Gay Flies and White Genes :: Dammit Jim!

Gay Flies and White Genes :: Dammit Jim! — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:13:02 +0000

[...] (i.e. has pretty pictures) paper about another mutation that turns male flies gay. Given the series of insect mating posts on here, I had to take a look. First a bit about the genetics. Fruit flies [...]

By: More Spider Mating Rituals: Butt Drumming :: Dammit Jim!

More Spider Mating Rituals: Butt Drumming :: Dammit Jim! — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:52:57 +0000

[...] continue in the unintentional theme of bug mating rituals and to see if I can work out how to embed a video here is a cool video of a male [...]

By: Suicidal spider lovers :: Dammit Jim!

Suicidal spider lovers :: Dammit Jim! — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:07:54 +0000

[...] by their mates after sex. Spiders have two penis-like organs, called pedipalps, which usually break during sex meaning male spiders can only have sex twice. I wasn’t going to write about anymore spider [...]

By: Post-coital ant abdomen amputation :: Dammit Jim!

Post-coital ant abdomen amputation :: Dammit Jim! — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:03:49 +0000

[...] other non-sexual types of biology. I was taking a quick look at the literature after the post about spider genital breakage and came across an interesting paper on mating in queenless ants (Dinoponera quadriceps). These [...]

By: UDreamOfJanie

UDreamOfJanie — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:17:36 +0000

Spider Nookie, Take II…

Spiders play for keeps.
A peek above our garters for Matt at Pooflingers Anonymous, who pointed us to this edition of The Tangled Bank at Lab Cat, who pointed us to Dammit Jim!.

I was browsing journals the other day trying to figure out where to send …