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Concepts and formula to remember reproductive organs in cockroach:
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Breeding season from march to September
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The females secrete sex attracting scent from their scent glands called pheromones or exocrine hormones
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Male animals perceive the smell of this scent with help of antennae
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First the male mounts the female, extends his hooked phallomere into the female genital chamber
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Sperms are transferred through spermatophores. Spermatophore remains inside the body of the female for about 20 hours.
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During this period all its sperms escape out and fill the two spermatheca
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Sixteen ova are discharged at a time into the genital pouch Simultaneously, sperms stored in the spermatheca are discharged into the genital pouch to fertilize the ova