The adults then mate and produce eggs.

The adults mate within the caeca and the female can lay over 100 eggs a day which are passed out in the caecal dropping.

They also feared that since adults mate for life, a bird whose partner was taken may not mate again.

Male and female adults mate, the females lay eggs, and the cycle begins all over again.

Each bagworm generation lives just long enough as adults to mate and reproduce in their annual cycle.

The adults mate one or two days after emerging from the pupa and start laying eggs one to five days later.

Sexually mature adults mate from April through August.

The adults live mostly in the air, and even mate in flight.

Once they leave their pupa, the adults almost immediately mate.

Unlike most insects, the adults continue to moult after reaching adulthood, and typically mate once at each instar.