Concepts and formula to Remember to remember reproductive organ in cockroach:

  • Breeding season from march to September

  • The females secrete sex attracting scent from their scent glands called pheromones or ectohormones

  • Male perceive the smell of this scent with help of antennae

  • First the male gets under female, extends his hooked phallomere into the female genital chamber

  • Sperms are transferred through spermatophores Spermatophore remains inside the body of the female for about 20 hours

  • During this period all its sperms escape out and fill in the two spermatheca

  • 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



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