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The mating behavior of the male Tenebrio molitor to individual female was experimentally analyzed. Male attractance of the female increased according to her age after adult emergence. The position of the male relative to the female's body axis was random, at least at the time of mounting, and the rate of successful copulation was low in spite of frequent copulatory attempts. Simultaneous removal of both antennae and maxillary palpi completely inhibited male mating behavior, but removal of either the antennae or the palpi was compensated by the others. Some characteristics of the mating behavior of T. molitor are not as disadvantageous as they seem, considering the crowded state in which this species lives.
