Rolf Nagel-Fl-18-1683-Bembix rostrata Female Males
Bembix rostrata ♂♂♀
Digger Wasp ..... males chasing a female
Kreiselwespe .... Männchen verfolgen ein Weibchen
Gravehvepse .... hanner forfølger en hun
Läppstekel ......... hanar jagar en hona
When females were digging their nest burrows, often a male, or sometimes up to four, were landing near her on the ground. The males then patiently waited until she flew up and followed her immediately for a wild chase.
Within half a minute the female usually returned to the nest and continued digging, the males occupied the very same spots again and the procedure restarted. Sometimes the chase ended in a copulation.
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
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If you like my pictures of insects in flight, you should visit my special website on insect flight:
Wenn Ihnen meine Bilder fliegender Insekten gefallen, besuchen Sie bitte meine Homepage speziell zu diesem Thema:
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PLEASE, NO AWARDS, no Copy and Paste Comments and no group icons like "your wonderful photo was seen in group xyz". They will all be deleted as soon as i see them.
BITTE KEINE AWARDS, kopierte Kommentare oder diese Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich sobald ich sie sehe.
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Rolf Nagel-Fl-18-1683-Bembix rostrata Female Males
Bembix rostrata ♂♂♀
Digger Wasp ..... males chasing a female
Kreiselwespe .... Männchen verfolgen ein Weibchen
Gravehvepse .... hanner forfølger en hun
Läppstekel ......... hanar jagar en hona
When females were digging their nest burrows, often a male, or sometimes up to four, were landing near her on the ground. The males then patiently waited until she flew up and followed her immediately for a wild chase.
Within half a minute the female usually returned to the nest and continued digging, the males occupied the very same spots again and the procedure restarted. Sometimes the chase ended in a copulation.
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
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If you like my pictures of insects in flight, you should visit my special website on insect flight:
Wenn Ihnen meine Bilder fliegender Insekten gefallen, besuchen Sie bitte meine Homepage speziell zu diesem Thema:
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PLEASE, NO AWARDS, no Copy and Paste Comments and no group icons like "your wonderful photo was seen in group xyz". They will all be deleted as soon as i see them.
BITTE KEINE AWARDS, kopierte Kommentare oder diese Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich sobald ich sie sehe.
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