StepToScience on Instagram: "🪱 Earthworm Reproduction Explained 🪱 Earthworms are hermaphrodites, meaning each worm has both male and female reproductive organs 🔄 💞 Mating Process Two earthworms align ventrally (belly to belly) They exchange sperm 🤝 Each worm stores the received sperm in a special sac 🧬 🥚 Fertilization Later, the clitellum (a thick band on the body) secretes a mucus ring 💍 This ring moves forward, collecting eggs 🥚 and the stored sperm Fertilization happens inside this m