The accessory glands in Heteropterans are responsible for spermatophore production and produce some active peptides that stimulate ovary activation and thus decreases female reception following mating. Functions of these secretions are to facilitate sperm
transfer, to further insemination, and to alter the behavior of the female (Pendergrast, 1956; Leopold, 1976; Kubli, 2003; Chapman,1998; Freitas et al., 2007).