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A pair of small copper butterflies I found copulating in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve yesterday morning.
Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Southwest Florida
USA
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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.
A pair of common flesh flies (Sarcophaga carnaria) copulating on a metal rail.
Para ścierwic mięsówek (Sarcophaga carnaria) kopulujących na metalowej poręczy.
Libellula depressa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tras la rápida cópula, la hembra en solitario sobrevuela las aguas eligiendo distintos lugares para ovipositar.
After the quick copulation, the female alone flies over the waters choosing different places to oviposit.
Dragonfly sex - it's complicated! In some species copulation takes mere seconds, in others the conjoined pair can fly about together for some time. Here, the blue male grasps the female by the scruff of her neck as she collects sperm he has deposited on auxiliary genitalia. Note how she holds on to him for stability.
on flyday
Dung flies on dung with some sun
After copulation the male holds and guards the female for some time to prevent her from mating with any other males.
Don’t touch me colored man
Mellifluously she said
Taking a deep yawn
Stretching her swan like limbs
As Adonis snored on her bed
Yes she is married she said
While she copulates with flesh
I keep seducing the juices of her head
She is a blog goddess they said
Those who worship her
Unctuously lisping to catch her
In her gossamered red gown instead
Oh how time has sped
Last year this time my gmail inbox
Gloated and bloated words that she fed
Her silence her time both gone ahead
On some other planet some other time
She will with Adonis still be alive
While me charcoaled embers dying undead
The queen of blog reigns supreme
As Peace as a literary novelist inspiring warhead
Seminal stains of despair on a shroud that is my bedspread
Blood flowing like lava vomiting blood from a shia thugs forehead
'Nadolig llawen a blwyddyn newydd dda'
Merry Christmas and a happy new year...
greetings outspread binding me to a dancing silken thread
Two mating slugs indulge themselves in the slimiest ritual known to human kind.
I think these are "Large Red Slugs" (Arion Rufus).
The holes you can see are called the pneumostome. The pneumostome (or breathing pore) is a respiratory opening of the external body anatomy of an air-breathing land slug or land snail. It is a part of the respiratory system of gastropods.
It is an opening in the right side of the mantle of a stylommatophoran snail or slug. Air enters through the pneumostome into the animal's single lung, the air-filled mantle cavity. Inside the mantle cavity, the animal has a highly vascularized area of tissue that functions as a lung. (Thanks, Wikipedia).
Mating in November? Not sure whether they are just pair bonding or copulation will result in eggs being laid. Maybe the mild weather has thrown them out and this is just another effect of global warming.
An unusual trait of this species' pre-egg-laying courtship behaviour - here the female has mounted the male and is simulating copulation.
Pair of tree sparrows (Passer montanus) copulating on a wire.
Para mazurków (Passer montanus) kopulujących na drucie.
King Penguins take 14 to 16 months from laying the egg to fledging. They usually start breeding at 5 or 6 years old though some start as early as three. They remain faithful to their mate during the breeding season but less than a third remain with the same partner the following season. On South Georgia birds return to the breeding colony from September to November for a pre-nuptial moult. But because of the long breeding cycle last years breeding birds will still be nesting when the new birds arrive to nest. So at a King Penguin colony you can two stages in the nesting cycle. Each time I have visited in January I have seen incubating birds like this www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/25174913844/in/photolist plus well grown chicks like this: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/25248333693/in/photolist But copulation is something I have rarely seen, in any species of penguin. Now you might think that if any birds would use a different sexual position it would be penguins that walk upright, but you can see here they mate in the same position as all other birds. I'm guessing these must be early failed breeders that maybe lost their egg to a Skua as late January is rather late in the season for mating. I realise this isn't a work of photographic excellence but I thought it was interesting enough to post. This was at a King Penguin nesting colony on South Georgia called Salisbury Plain.
I thought it interesting to compare these two male spiders that, aside from being spiders, aren't related. While in the case of the orbweavers, both sexes have the long jaws, in this one, only the males do. They use them in combat with other males, pressing them and their forelimbs into each other until one gives way. The mandibles aren't used during copulation.
I haven't found anything describing their use for catching prey, but I can't imagine they're useful for piercing. Perhaps they help to grab?
25 Arachtober 2017, 2 of 2
Magnolia Green Jumping Spider, Lyssomanes viridis
Alexandria, VA
From left to right: eggs, freshly deposited, cocoon, and a copulating pair of silk moths. The wide-belly moth is the female.
Cicada, (family Cicadidae), any of a group of sound-producing insects (order Homoptera) that have two pairs of membranous wings, prominent compound eyes, and three simple eyes (ocelli). Cicadas are medium to large in size, ranging from 2 to 5 cm (0.8 to 2 inches). Male cicadas produce loud noises by vibrating membranes (tymbals) near the base of the abdomen. Most North American cicadas produce rhythmical ticks, buzzes, or whines, although in some species the “song” is musical. Eggs are usually laid in woody plant tissues that drop from the plant when, or shortly after, the eggs hatch. Newly hatched nymphs burrow into the ground where they suck juices from roots of perennial plants. Nymphs usually undergo five molts during the several years required to reach maturity. Although not ordinarily considered a pest, the females, if numerous, may damage young saplings during their egg laying.
More than 3,000 species of cicadas are known. With the exception of two species of hairy cicadas in the family Tettigaretidae that are found only in southeastern Australia, including Tasmania, cicadas belong to the family Cicadidae and are tropical and occur in deserts, grasslands, and forests. In addition to the dog-day cicada (Tibicen and others) that appears yearly in midsummer, there are also periodic cicadas. Among the most fascinating and best-known are the 17-year cicada (often erroneously called the 17-year locust) and the 13-year cicada (Magicicada). These species occur in large numbers in chronologically and geographically isolated broods.
The several species are easily recognized by differences in songs, behaviour, and morphology. Males of each species have three distinct sound responses: a congregational song that is regulated by daily weather fluctuations and by songs produced by other males; a courtship song, usually produced prior to copulation; and a disturbance squawk produced by individuals captured, held, or disturbed into flight.
Cicadas have been used in folk medicines, as religious and monetary symbols, and as an important source of food. Their song once was considered to forecast weather changes. In China, male cicadas were caged for their song. The cicada appears in the mythology, literature, and music of many cultures, including that of American Indians.
Watch the two videos I uploaded of these guys if you have never heard or saw them dance on the lek. They are really fun to watch :)
One firebug basks on a leaf in the Autumn sun :)
The firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae, about 1 cm. long. Firebugs generally mate in April and May. Their diet consists primarily of seeds from lime trees and mallows. They can often be found in groups near the base of lime tree trunks, on the sunny side. They can be seen in tandem formation when mating which can take from 12 hours up to 7 days. The long period of copulating is probably used by the males as a form of ejaculate-guarding under high competition with other males.
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Kowal bezskrzydły wygrzewający się w jesiennym słonku :)
Kowal bezskrzydły, kowal dwuplamek (Pyrrhocoris apterus) – gatunek pluskwiaka z rodziny kowalowatych, pospolity w Polsce. Osiąga długość około 1 cm. Często pojawia się w dużych gromadach u podstawy pni drzew liściastych, szczególnie lipy. Jest gatunkiem zazwyczaj nieszkodliwym dla środowiska, choć może uszkadzać młode drzewka w szkółkach i wyrządzać szkody w winnicach. Wczesną wiosną owady te budzą się i gromadzą w nasłonecznionych miejscach. Ich kopulacja trwa długo – często ponad 12 godzin, niekiedy nawet do 7 dni. W jej trakcie samiec i samica często poruszają się sczepione odwłokami. Z tego powodu kowale bezskrzydłe bywają popularnie nazywane tramwajami.
Golden Soldier Beetles (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus ) Copulating on Peppermint Inflorescence. in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Common Blue Damselflies, (Anthocharis cardamines mating and depositing eggs at Hassacarr nature reserve near Dunnington, East Yorkshire, UK.
A couple of grasshoppers finds a perfect spot on a windless day to ensure their offspring (view large)
Una parejita de saltamontes encuentra un sitio perfecto en un día sin viento para asegurarse su descendencia (ver en grande)
1/200, F/6.3, ISO 200, camera flash at -2 stops
Watch the two videos I uploaded of these guys if you have never heard or saw them dance on the lek. They are really fun to watch :)
The Reflection Of Latent Light TROLL
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Die Marienkäfer sind bei der Bevölkerung beliebt und tragen die unterschiedlichsten Namen in der jeweiligen lokalen Umgangssprache. Die Beliebtheit begründet sich unter anderem darin, dass sie im Gartenbau und der Landwirtschaft nützlich sind, da sie allein in ihrer Larvenzeit je nach Art bis zu 3000 Pflanzenläuse oder Spinnmilben fressen.
Die Käfer können gut fliegen und erreichen 75 bis 91 Flügelschläge pro Sekunde.wikipedia
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and just walk away
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this isn't an image full of hearts, bokeh and hand holding or even copulating insects (exlore is weird) but...
Happy Valentines Day everyone!
Lesser Emperor Dragonfly (Anax parthenope) – Mating & Oviposition
Photographed at Rio Seco, Spain. I was trying to capture a pair of mating dragonflies in flight when, to my surprise, they landed right next to me—so close that my large lens couldn’t even fit their full wings and in the frame.
What I did manage to capture, however, was a clear view of their unique and fascinating mating behavior. The male clasps the female behind the head with special appendages at the tip of his abdomen, a grip known as the tandem position. He then transfers sperm to his secondary genitalia, after which the female curls her abdomen forward to connect, forming the characteristic heart- or wheel-shaped mating position.
In my photograph, the pair have already completed copulation, and the female is laying her eggs in the shallow water—a critical part of their life cycle.
Two pairs of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) copulating on a tree trunk.
Dwie pary kowali bezskrzydłych (Pyrrhocoris apterus) kopulujących na pniu drzewa.
Ein Pärchen vom Silbergrünen Bläuling bei der Kopulation
A couple of the Chalkhill blue (Polyommatus coridon) during copulation
The male executes an impeccable dismount to facilitate a quick getaway after a spectacular copulation. Early morning image from the Masai Mara.
Intento de cópula de una pareja de Enallagma cyathigerum. Tras varios intentos la hembra consiguió acercar su genitalia a la del macho y copular y de esta manera asegurarse la descendencia.
Capturada en las inmediaciones de una balsa de riego de Villena.
Attempt of copulation of a pair of Enallagma cyathigerum. After several attempts, the female managed to bring her genitalia closer to the male and copulate and thus ensure the offspring.
Captured in the vicinity of a raft of irrigation of Villena.
Sailor Bar, American River Parkway / Sacramento County, California
On 6/8/2018, while visiting Sailor Bar on the American River in Sacramento County, CA, I had only my 28-300 mm macro lens as I had taken my 80-400 mm lens to Action Camera to have it shipped in for repairs. I had observed this pair fly into some cattails growing in the pond but I needed to get closer so I took my sandals off and waded into the pond to a point where I felt I could get a few photos. Needless to say, I am quite happy with the result.