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The reproductive process of dragonflies is strange among insects because dragonflies have copulatory organs in males located at the tip anterior abdomen, on the ventral side of the second abdominal segment. Genitals males of other insects are located at the posterior end of the abdomen. Before When mating, the male dragonfly must transfer sperm from the genital opening to the segments the ninth to the structures on the second section. This transfer This is done by bending the abdomen downwards and forwards. Second gender often spends quite a long time with the male holding the female by the back of the head or prothorax with the appendages at the end of the abdomen. The female bends her abdomen downwards and forward makes contact with the second segment of the male genitalia, usually occurs during flight.