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I found these cream-spot ladybirds making the most of the warm weather, atop the pretty bluebells, on Saturday while walking in Galston.
I don't think I've seen this ladybird before, so a bonus to see two at once, and to see them making more :D
The male is "blushing" and his neck is engorged as he flaps his wings while approaching the waiting female . . .
Struthio camelus in the Maasai Mara
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
Note the position of the talons; he is careful not to stick her as it might be hazardous to his health.
This is a female California Towhee although it can't be told fro a male. However, a pair copulated. She was on the bottom and had the nesting material in her mouth. North San Juan Community Center, Nevada County, California on 9 May 2017.
France; Brenne, Cherine 15/1/19. Copulation! A group of twelve here since mid-November must give hope to future breeding in the Brenne.
Sitting at the top of a reed waiting for a male to come and carry her off for a feed of nectar and copulation.
~7mm
Photo: Fred
Gray langurs, sacred langurs, Indian langurs or Hanuman langurs are a group of Old World monkeys native to the Indian subcontinent constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus.
These langurs are largely gray (some more yellowish), with a black face and ears. Externally, the various species mainly differ in the darkness of the hands and feet, the overall color and the presence or absence of a crest. Typically all north Indian gray langurs have their tail tips looping towards their head during a casual walk whereas all south Indian and Sri Lankan gray langurs have an inverted "U" shape or a "S" tail carriage pattern. There are also significant variations in the size depending on the sex, with the male always larger than the female. The head-and-body length is from 51 to 79 cm (20 to 31 in). Their tails, at 69 to 102 cm (27 to 40 in) are never longer than their bodies. Langurs from the southern part of their range are smaller than those from the north. At 26.5 kg (58 lb), the heaviest langur ever recorded was a male Nepal gray langur. The larger gray langurs are rivals for the largest species of monkey found in Asia. The average weight of gray langurs is 18 kg (40 lb) in the males and 11 kg (24 lb) in the females.
Langurs mostly walk quadrupedally and spend half their time on the ground and the other half in the trees. They will also make bipedal hops, climbing and descending supports with the body upright, and leaps. Langurs can leap 3.6–4.7 m (12–15 ft) horizontally and 10.7–12.2 m (35–40 ft) in descending.
The entire distribution of all gray langur species stretches from the Himalayas in the north to Sri Lanka in the south, and from Bangladesh in the east to Pakistan in the west. They possibly occur in Afghanistan. The bulk of the gray langur distribution is within India, and all seven currently recognized species have at least a part of their range in this country.
Gray langurs can adapt to a variety of habitats.They inhabit arid habitats like deserts, tropical habitats like tropical rainforests and temperate habitats like coniferous forests, deciduous habitats and mountains habitats. They are found at sea level to altitudes up to 4,000 m (13,000 ft). They can adapt well to human settlements, and are found in villages, towns and areas with housing or agriculture.They live in densely populated cities like Jodhpur, which has a population numbering up to a million.
Gray langurs are diurnal. They sleep during the night in trees but also on man-made structures like towers and electric poles when in human settlements. When resting in trees, they generally prefer the highest branches.
Ungulates like bovine and deer will eat food dropped by foraging langurs.Langurs are preyed upon by leopards, dholes and tigers.Wolves, jackals, Asian black bears and pythons may also prey on them
Gray langurs are primarily herbivores. However, unlike some other colobines they do not depend on leaves and leaf buds of herbs, but will also eat coniferous needles and cones, fruits and fruit buds, evergreen petioles, shoots and roots, seeds, grass, bamboo, fern rhizomes, mosses, and lichens. Leaves of trees and shrubs rank at the top of preferred food, followed by herbs and grasses. Non-plant material consumed include spider webs, termite mounds and insect larvae.They forage on agricultural crops and other human foods, and even accept handouts. Although they occasionally drink, langurs get most of their water from the moisture in their food.
In one-male groups, the resident male is usually the sole breeder of the females and sires all the young. In multiple-male groups, the highest-ranking male fathers most of the offspring, followed by the next-ranking males and even outside males will father young. Higher-ranking females are more reproductively successful than lower-ranking ones.
Female gray langurs do not make it obvious that they are in estrous. However, males are still somehow able to reduce the reproduction state of females.Females signal that they are ready to mate by shuddering the head, lowering the tail, and presenting their anogenital regions. Such solicitations do not always lead to copulation. When langurs mate, they are sometimes disrupted by other group members. Females have even been recorded mounting other females.
The gestation period of gray langur lasts around 200 days, at least at Jodhpur, India. In some areas, reproduction is year-around. Year-round reproduction appears to occur in populations that capitalize on human-made foods. Other populations have seasonal reproduction.
Infanticide is common among gray langurs. Most infanticidal langurs are males that have recently immigrated to a group and driven out the prior male. These males only kill infants that are not their own.Infanticide is more commonly reported in one-male groups, perhaps because one male monopolizing matings drives the evolution of this trait. In multiple-male groups, the costs for infanticidal males are likely to be high as the other males may protect the infants and they can't ensure that they'll sire young with other males around. Nevertheless, infanticide does occur in these groups, and is suggested that such practices serve to return a female to estrous and gain the opportunity to mate.
Females usually give birth to a single infant, although twins do occur. Most births occur during the night. Infants are born with thin, dark brown or black hair and pale skin. Infants spend their first week attach themselves to their mothers' chests and mostly just suckle or sleep. They do not move much in terms of locomotion for the first two weeks of their life. As they approach their sixth week of life, infants vocalize more.They use squeaks and shrieks to communicate stress. In the following months, the infants are capable of quadrupedal locomotion and can walk, run and jump by the second and third months. Alloparenting occurs among langurs, starting when the infants reach two years of age. The infant will be given to the other females of the group. However, if the mother dies, the infant usually follows.Langurs are weaned by 13 months.
My final red Lime hawk female hatched a few days ago, and after putting her out in the cage for a couple of nights she finally had success, and lured in two males - one didn't manage to copulate and just settled down nearby in the cage, then another turned up and paired straight away! I was surprised that the first male arrived and it was still dusk, barely dark, so they were on the wing very soon after sundown!
Taken in my garden in Northwest Leicestershire.
These flew into our garden already coupled a couple of days ago and settled on the patio. We are having a new Kitchen fitted at the moment so decided to move them to avoid being trodden on, to a Chinese Cornus in a pot on the patio they have been there ever since. They eventually flew away this afternoon still coupled. I have taken shots each day since arrival, when they warm up they do move around, and yesterday I took this shot.
I'm not sure how long they couple for, but this seems a awful long time to me, wondered if they can't.
♀ on the left ♂ on the right.
There was some intruder.
Bottom one ( I guess it is male ) flied out to fight with loud scream and got rid of him.
After he came back, I anticipated copulation but it didn't happened.
No doubt. This is my home
here it happens, here
i am immensely deceived.
This is my home stopped in time.
Autumn arrives and defends me,
spring and condemns me.
i have millions of guests
who laugh and eat,
they copulate and sleep,
play and think
millions of bored guests
and they have nightmares and nervous breakdowns.
No doubt. This is my home.
All the dogs and steeples
they pass in front of her.
But my house is struck by lightning
and one day it will split in two.
And I won't know where to take refuge
because all doors lead out of the world.
by Mario Benedetti
closed location
Spring and early summer are the best time to photograph Mediterranean blennies, as this is their breeding season, when they are most active and their livery changes.
This male "Parablennius Pilicornis", from the shelter of his den, defends it from other males and, at the same time, scans the blue looking for a female to attract her and be able to breed a new generation.
He only cares about copulating, letting me approach him just a few centimetres away, a good moment to take close shots.
Photograph taken in the Raco cove (Calpe-Spain).
Copyright @2023 José Salmerón. All rights reserved.
La primavera y el principio del verano son el mejor momento para fotografiar los blenios del Mediterráneo, es su época reproductiva y donde están más activos y las libreas de sus colores cambian.
Este macho de "Parablennius Pilicornis", desde el refugio de su cubil, lo defiende de otros machos y la vez, otea el azul buscando a una hembra para atraerla y poder engendrar una nueva generación.
Solo le importa copular, dejándome acercarme a el a tan solo unos centimetros, buen momento para hacer disparos cercanos.
Fotografía tomada en la cala del Raco (Calpe-España).
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Pair of Xeris spectrum horntails copulating on a dead spruce tree. Note the long ovipositor of the female, used to drill holes in wood to lay eggs inside the tree. The holes nearby are exits from the corridors gnawed by the larvae.
Para kruszeli paskowanych (Xeris spectrum) kopulujących na martwym świerku. Uwagę zwraca długie pokłądełko samicy, używane do wywiercenia otwórów w drewnie w celu złożenia jaj w głębi drzewa. Otwory obok to wyjścia z korytarzy wygryzionych przez larwy.
Six Spot Burnet moth / zygaena filipendulae. Old Moor RSPB reserve, S.Yorkshire. 18/07/16.
'Love On A Tightrope' - Burnet moth style.
Yesterday I visited Old Moor in baking heat and with a specific photographic subject as my target. Despite near de-hydration and heat exhaustion I was successful in my mission and will be posting images of 'THE' subject when I have trawled through the many images made.
As the day cooled it seemed to be the signal for 6-SBM's to start copulating. Before this they had been hyperactive, barely sustaining a touchdown before whirling off again. I found four mating pairs.
Once they were settled and preoccupied it made for a very pleasant, rewarding macro session.
(They seemed oblivious of my prying lens!)
It's great to be knee-high to a grasshopper, especially if you wish to ride it. A couple of Calliptamus italicus showing the remarkable sexual size dimorphism of this species.
These birds have been nest building in the Scots Pines and are now sat on eggs.Always one of the first forest birds to nest.
Goss Hawks were also seen copulating a Larch tree today 4th Feb .
An early evening wander around Bishop's Hill produced 40 or so Small Blues, including this copulating pair.
Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus 1758)
Loba
No es fácil pillarlas en cópula pues se esconden hábilmente.
Meadow brown
It is not easy to catch them in copulation because they hide skillfully.
Myrtil
Il n'est pas facile de les attraper en accouplement car ils se cachent habilement.
Sunrise encounter at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore. Pacific Swallow | Tahitischwalbe | Hirondelle de Tahiti (Hirundo tahitica)
Found three mating pairs at Ivinghoe Beacon this afternoon. Always a joy to photograph the fantastic little dukes of burgundy. I think this is the first time I have managed to photograph them in cop.
Panorpa nuptialis from the Sam Houston National Forest. My wife spotted this unique insect during a family hike in November. Though the stinger-like appendage on the abdomen looks like a weapon, it's actually used to grasp the female during copulation. The mating behavior of this genus is complex and fascinating, with males offering food gifts and putting out pheromones. As the female feeds on this gift, the male grasps her with the aforementioned appendage.
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Plateau des Gras, Bidon, Ardèche, France
Order : Lepidoptera
Family : Nymphalidae
Subfamily : Nymphalinae
Genus : Melitaea
Species : Melitaea cinxia
A widespread and common species throughout most of Europe. It is also found in parts of North Africa, the Near East, and Central Asia. Throughout a large part of its range there is just one generation per year but in the warmer regions this can increase to two. Mating is usually a prolonged affair and the female continues to feed while copulation is taking place. They are avid nectar feeders on a variety of flowers. She then lays her eggs in batches of up to 200 on the underside of a leaf on the larval foodplant. The resulting caterpillars overwinter and then start feeding again the following Spring before pupating.
The Glanville Fritillary is found in a wide range of habitats including woodland glades, sub-alpine meadows, field edges, and open grassland. It is a medium sized butterfly with a wingspan of 41-47mm. It is a sun-loving species and like most fritillaries it can be difficult to follow as it flies fast and close to the ground. I have found that they don't usually fly very far and so you can easily find them again. A wide range of larval foodplants are used in Europe, including various Plantago sp., Centaurea sp., and Veronica sp. .
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