Are insects capable of cloning themselves?

Question

Its been said the mother spider makes several clones of herself inside her body. When the spiderlings grow, they start to eat gthe mother from the inside out, until the mother is just an empty shell. Is something like this possible?

Answer 1

Many aphids can make offspring by parthenogenesis. The babies are born without the eggs being fertilized.

Other examples exist.

Answer 2

The term is parthenogenesis. Many insects and even some vertebrates (such as some lizards) can do this.