Reproduction

An ant queen

• males produce sperm
• females produce eggs
• fertilization occurs in the female body
• In spiders and some crustaceans...
  --->male deposits a packet of sperm and the female picks it up
• Most insects and crustaceans...
  --->male uses a special reproductive organ to deposit sperm inside female
• Some insects form colonies
  --->they have reproductive females called queens
  --->they lay eggs
  --->usually only have 1 queen (which is usually the largest compared to the rest)