
	Sex is said to be as old as the world. So are insects. Of all the animal species, they are the ones who have developed the most surprising tactics for the meeting of spermatozoons and ovules. With these real sex magicians, the genetic background is always on the move! Cicadas sing serenades, butterflies use their perfume for seduction, fireflies warm up to the flame of love. Mates are sometimes tender, such as the palm weevil that softly caresses its partner, or sadomasochistic, like the praying mantis that eats the male during mating. On the other hand, the goliath beetles embrace for days, a real lovemaking marathon. Machos should think twice! At first, the sexual behaviour of insects might seem strange to us, but a closer look provides us with a view of how they use the same old techniques we do: searching for a soul mate, eliminating the competition, seducing our partner and concluding with the mating itself. Entomologist Georges Brossard even introduces us to a really surprising insect, the stick- insect, which has found the strangest way of continuing its species: by not copulating!