 The pair then remain motionless for around two minutes, before another tapping cycle begins.This tapping cycle will be repeated 8-31 times in a mating, with the majority of tapping sequences during the first copulation bout.Tapping increases fertilization success, likely by influencing how the male's sperm is distributed in the female's reproductive tract; males that were removed before they could perform the tapping ritual were drastically less successful at fertiziling eggs than males allowed to engage in tapping.