Even lady insects get tired of being hit on all the time. According to a study published Thursday in New Scientist, female dragonflies will sometimes fall from the sky and pretend to be dead in order to avoid attention from their male counterparts.
Rassim Khelifa, who studies bugs in the Swiss alps, once noticed a female who was being pursued by a male suddenly crash to the ground, laying there until the male lost interest and left. "He [later] observed 27 out of 31 females plummeting and playing dead to avoid males, with 21 of these ploys successful," the article states, adding that because a high-speed death-drop is risky, "Females may only behave in this way if male harassment is intense."
Source: Jezebel