rpphotos
Twenty days riding
As with many grasshoppers in various families, the males are smaller than the females and ride on them long before copulation. They remain there during the period in which the female achieves sexual receptiveness. Similar strategies are common in vertebrates such as some amphibians, as well as various invertebrates, where the males attempt to keep rivals from mating with the female. (From Wikipedia)
Please see the former photograph on Oct./01/15 at: www.flickr.com/photos/42868587@N00/21870200595/in/datepos...
Twenty days riding
As with many grasshoppers in various families, the males are smaller than the females and ride on them long before copulation. They remain there during the period in which the female achieves sexual receptiveness. Similar strategies are common in vertebrates such as some amphibians, as well as various invertebrates, where the males attempt to keep rivals from mating with the female. (From Wikipedia)
Please see the former photograph on Oct./01/15 at: www.flickr.com/photos/42868587@N00/21870200595/in/datepos...