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This beautiful pair I believe are genus Psilogramma, perhaps species casuarinae, the Australian privet hawkmoth.
Large moths, with a wingspan that can exceed 10 cm. The bigger female is at top.
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Here the male is mate guarding, staying with the female either before or after copulation to guard her from other males. I love to watch these pairs of wasps, as their ability to fly together, run across plants together, and otherwise remain paired but still looking graceful, reminds me of a gentle dance.
A pair of blue-tailed damselflies in a copulation wheel photographed during a species survey in the Chester Zoo Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Corridor.
The BAP corridor is a piece of land owned by the zoo running along the Shropshire Union Canal. It is designed to provide a wildlife-friendly connection between the planned extension to the zoo nature reserve and other Cheshire wildlife corridors.
A pair of copulating Orange Tips photographed against a backdrop of Cuckoo flowers in a local meadow this afternoon.
These little solitary (normally) bees build little mines in lawns, with raised entrances like little volcanos. Here you can see five males fighting over a single female, and I'm not sure if any managed to copulate, but two seem to be almost there. They all fell off a short time later when a gust of wind struck the leaf.
Este macho de avoceta (Recurvirostra avosetta) se estira después de la cópula con su pareja. Desembocadura del río Guadalquivir. Espacio Natural de Doñana.
This male avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) stretches after copulation with his partner. Mouth of the Guadalquivir river. Doñana Natural Area.
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robin ~ erithacus rubecula (behaviour)
RSPB Green status list.
I went out to play with different settings on my camera and to see what was about. Pure chance I saw these two robins bowing and flying around each other. I thought I would take a shot not realising at the time what their activity was leading up to.
Envergure : 36 à 50 mm.
Il vole d'avril mars à début octobre en trois générations.
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Have a good day.
France; Brenne, Cherine 15/1/19. Copulation! A group of twelve here since mid-November must give hope to future breeding in the Brenne.
The gadwall these days are copulating but still the nuptial flights continue being able several males to court to the same female that flies persecuted by them. All this ceremonial is accompanied with repeated hums and whistles and is not interrupted with the pairing, but the males continue their actions until June.
El ánade friso está estos días copulando pero aún así los vuelos nupciales continúan pudiendo varios machos cortejar a la misma hembra que vuela perseguida por ellos. Todo este ceremonial se acompaña con graznidos y silbidos continuos y no se interrumpe con el emparejamiento sino que los machos continúan sus acciones hasta junio.
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Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Southwest Florida
USA
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A white ibis sitting on a tree limb preening it’s feathers.
Wikipedia - The .American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is found from North Carolina via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal New World tropics. n 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.
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.
France; Coulonges (86) 19/10/21. After watching over several days it was still difficult to nail the male/female when not copulating.
Six Spot Burnet moth / zygaena filipendulae. Old Moor RSPB reserve, S.Yorkshire. 18/07/16.
One of four mating pairs of Six Spot Burnet moths found during the early evening, as the heat gradually subsided. All were very approachable for macro work and I made the most of the opportunity.
A first sighting of the species for this summer.
Detalle de cópula de Aeshna mixta donde se aprecia cómo se sujetan ambos animales durante ese acto. La hembra se abraza al abdomen del macho y éste la sujeta de la cabeza con los apéndices anales.
La foto ha sido recortada para apreciar lo indicado.
Realizada en una de las charcas del Paraje Natural Municipal de El Clot de Galvany - Elche (Alicante).
Aeshna mixta copula detail showing how both animals are held during that act. The female hugs the abdomen of the male and the latter holds the head with the anal appendages.
The photo has been cropped to appreciate the indicated.
Made in one of the ponds of the El Clot de Galvany Municipal Natural Area - Elche (Alicante).
Zygaena (Adscita) + Gymnadenia conopsea
Un couple de zygène turquoise au sommet d'un Orchis moucheron pose pour la photo...
Canton de Berne, Suisse
A pair of Zygaena at the top of a Fragrant Orchid, posing for the photo...
Canton Bern, Switzerland
My friend George, who lives near Nogales, bought a couple of goats who probably wished the dogs and I would give them a bit of privacy for an intimate moment.
"A non-captive American Bald Eagle fledgling cooling off in the spillway at the Jersey Shore."
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
Pair of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) during their multi-hour copulation. Another male tries to replace the first one.
Para kowali bezskrzydłych (Pyrrhocoris apterus) w trakcie wielogodzinnej kopulacji. Drugi samiec usiłuje zając miejsce pierwszego.
Montezuma Oropendolas (Psarocolius montezuma)are highly dimorphic in size; males may be up twice the weight of females. This species is polygynous, and dominant 'alpha' males perform most copulations at a colony (although subordinate males apparently are able to copulate with some females, presumably away from the colony and the presence of the alpha male). They are nests colonially, in colonies of up to 130 nests, often in isolated large trees; such a setting makes the clusters large, hanging, basket-like nests even more conspicuous. The loud, gurgling song of the male is given as the male bows forward, cocking the tail and spreading the wings (Birds of the world).
Tinodes waeneri (Linnaeus, 1758) = Hydropsyche microcephala Pictet, 1834 = Philopotamus longipennis Rambur, 1842 = Phryganea griseola Zetterstedt, 1840 = Phryganea waeneri Linnaeus, 1758 = Tinodes annulicornis Stephens, 1836 = Tinodes flaviceps Stephens, 1836 = Tinodes flavipes Hagen, 1860 = Tinodes luridus Curtis, 1834 = Tinodes pallescens Stephens, 1836 = Tinodes pallipes Stephens, 1836 = Tinodes xanthoceras Stephens, 1836.
Lobito listado - Lobito de banda blanca
Pareja en cópula.
Couple in intercourse
Spanish gatekeeper
Couple in copulation
Ocellé rubanné, Tityre
The male stops flapping his wings and his neck is hugely engorged while mating occurs.
Struthio camelus in the Maasai Mara
Elle s'est sauvée à temps si j'ai bien tout vu....rapide la belle.
Eux la cherche encore, je suis sûre !
Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) These birds apparently only have three toes – the fourth is just a nub;
I watched and photographed these two birds for 10 minutes during which be stood on her back & they caressed, billed and no doubt vocalized as well as copulating. Finally when another bird arrived they and a neighbor squawked it off. – how amazing is that and especially as we get the opportunity to observe them?
These five images show some of the behaviour