Claspers

Furthermore, males have a cluster of spiky hairs (claspers) surrounding the reproducing parts used to attach to the female during mating.

Dragonfly nymphs vary in form with species and are loosely classed into claspers, sprawlers, hiders, and burrowers.

He then inserts one of his claspers into her cloaca where they remain for sixty to ninety seconds.

The second and third segments are enlarged, and in males, a cleft on the underside of the second segment contains a pair of claspers and the penis.