Multispecies analysis of social effects on same-sex sexual behavior challenges mistaken identity hypotheses in insects

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 9, March 2026. <br/>SignificanceSame-sex sexual behavior (SSB) has been recorded across the animal kingdom. In insects, SSB is often thought to arise from receiver misclassification of partner sex, or “mistaken identity,” but comparative studies testing this are lacking. …