Translations:Codex: Bothrioc/10/en

Generally speaking, the species creates a dominant and submissive role between two members when they meet, if one of them feels the desire to reproduce. One partner assumes dominance by force or persuasion, inserting their ovipositor into the ovipositor of the submissive party and retrieving some of the fluid within the reserve. This fluid, which serves as a lubricant and psychoaffective when used for oviposition, is able to fertilize eggs when taken into the ovipositing cavity of a bothrioc. Some debate exists about the viability of potential insemination using other fluids; as no alien researcher has been willing to engage in intercourse with the ovipositor, it remains uncertain. It is theorized that any genetic-material delivery fluid will suffice, as it has been shown a nyrean male can fertilize bothrioc eggs.