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When I was young, I used to collect cicada shells. I was always terrified that one might still, however impossibly, be alive, but I remained fascinated at the same time.
Belostomatids show paternal care and the eggs of many species are laid on the male’s wings and carried until they hatch. An egg batch can have more than 100 eggs so a couple may copulate more than 30 times before female oviposits all the egg batch.
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