Bfly Reproduction

[gwang]

Hi y'all,

When butterflies mate, are all of the female's eggs fertilized by that
male right there and then, or does the female retain the sperm somewhere
so that she'll have some say in when the eggs become fertilized?  To
elaborate, here's a hypothetical example.  Suppose one finds a butterfly
which has just died, but has mated.  If the eggs were removed from the
abdomen, would the eggs be fertile?

Peace,
Xi Wang

 
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