Everything you wanted to know about bug sex (but didn’t bother to ask) is explained in a new book. Insect expert Marlene Zuk describes how ants learn, why some crickets don’t chirp and how various bugs mate in Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love and Language from the Insect World.
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/15/139554957/sex-on-six-legs-when-insects-go-wild