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Originally Posted by adamanteus
My understanding is that once a successful mating has taken place, there can be no further matings. The male leaves behind a waxy plug inside the female, this prevents other males following him.
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The plug that was left by a successfull male only works for a few days, when the female mates again most (all) of the old sperms will be "killed", so normally only the freshest sperms will fertilize the eggs.