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Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Southwest Florida
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White ibis using its bill to sweep back and forth in the water in search for food.
From Wikipedia-
The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, It is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal New World tropics. This particular ibis is a medium-sized bird with an overall white plumage, bright red-orange down-curved bill and long legs, and black wing tips that are usually only visible in flight. Males are larger and have longer bills than females. The breeding range runs along the Gulf and Atlantic Coast, and the coasts of Mexico and Central America. Outside the breeding period, the range extends further inland in North America and also includes the Caribbean. It is also found along the northwestern South American coastline in Colombia and Venezuela. Populations in central Venezuela overlap and interbreed with the scarlet ibis. The two have been classified by some authorities as a single species.
Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.
During the breeding season, the American white ibis gathers in huge colonies near water. Pairs are predominantly monogamous and both parents care for the young, although males tend to engage in extra-pair copulation with other females to increase their reproductive success. Males have also been found to pirate food from unmated females and juveniles during the breeding season.
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!)
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.
Detalle de cópula de Onychogomphus costae con buen recorte.
Durante una de las visitas a la rambla de Agramón en la provincia de Albacete, tuve la suerte de tropezarme con una cópula de esta especie que vino a posarse en un lugar bastante enmarañado para poder sacarle una foto decente (tres o cuatro imágenes). Preferí enfocar a la hembra y como se sujetaba al macho.
Posaron por un espacieo breve de tiempo, mientras gritaba a Ricardo para que acudiera al lugar. Ni siquiera pudo oirme y después fue imposible seguirlas con la vista.
Otra vez será.
Copula detail of Onychogomphus costae with good clipping.
During one of the visits to the Rambla de Agramón in the province of Albacete, I was lucky enough to stumble upon a copulation of this species that came to perch in a rather tangled place to be able to take a decent photo (three or four images). I preferred to focus on the female and how she was holding onto the male.
They posed for a brief space of time, while he yelled for Ricardo to come to the place. He couldn't even hear me and then it was impossible to follow them with his eyes.
Maybe next time.
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
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.
Black Skimmers mating -
Nickerson Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
Without a doubt, 2020 was full of surprises, even when it comes to birdwatching and photographing nesting shorebirds at the Nickerson Beach.
Missed days, due to temporary closure, were rewarded with action filled visits after the reopening the beach. Early in the season, I alerted everyone to this newly forming colony of Black Skimmers. As I hoped, not only it was successful, it provided amazing photographic opportunities throughout the season. Like this scene of mating Black Skimmers was taken at that colony.
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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
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.
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
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.
En este paraje al que llamo "El Puerto" ha habido años de poblaciones exageradas, en número, de Enallagma cyathigerum. Revisando carpetas he encontrado la del 4 de mayo y comprobado que ese día tengo cópulas de la especie con las 4 coloraciones distintas de la hembra.
Es la menos vista, la grisácea o pálida. Admito que me puedo confundir y ser una hembra androcroma muy joven.
Fotograma recortado un 6%
En El Puerto. Villena (Alicante) España
In this place that I call "The Port" there have been years of exaggerated populations, in number, of Enallagma cyathigerum. Reviewing folders I found the one from May 4 and verified that that day I have copulations of the species with the 4 different colorations of the female.
She is the least seen, the grayish or pale. I admit that I can get confused and be a very young androchrome female.
Frame cropped 6%
In The Port. Villena (Alicante) Spain
France; Brenne, Cherine 15/1/19. Copulation! A group of twelve here since mid-November must give hope to future breeding in the Brenne.
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.
La hembra está acercando el extremo de su abdomen para recoger la carga de esperma del macho.
The female is bringing the end of her abdomen closer to pick up the male's sperm load.
1/320, F/5.6, ISO 100, Flash soft box a -2
Se sabe que las cópulas de Ischnura pueden durar varias horas. Puede deberse a que los machos de este género se esmeran en limpiar restos de esperma de otros machos, que pudiera tener la hembra, para que sea su esperma el que fecunde los huevos.
Fotograma recortado un 8%
En el Humedal. Villena (Alicante) España
It is known that Ischnura copulations can last several hours. It may be due to the fact that males of this genus take great pains to clean sperm from other males, which the female may have, so that it is her sperm that fecundates the eggs.
Frame cut by 8%
In the Wetland. Villena (Alicante) Spain
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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