New sexual reproduction method!

Remember when you were told to create an imaginary animal with an entirely novel sexual reproductive method in your groups?

Now here's a REAL insect, with a very interesting and novel way of reproduction which scientist have only recently discovered!

Strange Insect Incest May Spell the End for Males by Remy Melina

Scientists recently discovered that the cottony cushion scale insect isn’t a hermaphrodite — the species' females fertilize their own eggs through infectious, parasitic tissue that infects them at birth and is derived from the leftover sperm of their fathers.

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http://www.livescience.com/15292-insect-incest-male-reproduction.html