1. Soil Moisture Levels and the Porcellio Scaber
... of the abdomen[1]. During sexual reproduction the male penis is inserted into the females gonopore, where the sperm is then transferred to the structurally modified second pleopod. The sperm is stored in a seminal receptacle, a swelling on the oviduct. Fertilization can only take place when the eggs are shed soon after a moult, when the connection is established between the seminal receptacle and the oviduct. The eggs remain within the brood chamber/marsupium on the underside of the female ... 's will show no preference for any of the 6 sections of the choice chamber apparatus when given...
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