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== Reproduction == | == Reproduction == | ||
The reproduction cycle for the Gladiators happens by the getting on to the female and bending his abdomen aside, where the male comes in to contact with back end of the females abdomen and uses his copulatory organs. The male can sit on top of the female for a maximum length of three days until there copulation is finished. Once copulation is finished the female produces 10-20 long egg pods. The eggs are oval shaped that have a hard cover made from sand and gland secretions. For the proper placement of the eggs and the shape is the ovipositors job. After the care of the eggs is done at the eggs will be hatched in to nymphs by the rainfall period, then the nymphs have several times of molting. The nymphs will become fully matured by the end of the humid season and all die by the dry seasons, then this life cycle will be repeated over again for the next group of nymphs. | |||
== Ecology == | == Ecology == | ||
