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La avispa no paró de molestar a esta cópula de Anax parthenope hasta que les hizo soltarse.
The wasp did not stop bothering this copulating Anax parthenope until it made them release their hold.
Tiny flies flying in copula, body length of the female 4.5mm
Calliopum aeneum / simillimum ♂♀ (Diptera, Lauxaniidae)
Lauxaniid Flies
Faulfliegen
Løvfluer
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Anna’s hummingbirds are not very social, aggressively defending territories and frequently conflicting with each other. Males and females only come together to copulate.
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A feast of Marbles Whites today at one of my local patch sites in Northwest Leicestershire.
They were everywhere 100's of them,
I don't have any shots of mating so when I saw a pair I concentrated on them ignoring other shots, returning to them when I had enough shots.
Walking up to the lower sunny banks still surrounded by MW's and even more on the sunny bank where I spotted another mating pair so I had the opportunity to take my time already having shots in the can.
I even had time for a 4K video
A copulating pair of Chalk-Hill Blues photographed just before they separated at a site in Bedfordshire.
They use vibration
To make communication
For copulation
"Research has shown that treehoppers use vibrations to attract mates, to announce the discovery of a good feeding site, or to alert a defending mother to the approach of a predator (T.IM)."
Amata nigriceps mating pair with white tipped antennae clearly seen. Male wingspan 30mm, female 25mm.
These dynamic and beautiful little moths can be found from Queensland down through New South Wales.
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A "Sheep Shit Shot" dedicated to my friend Conall:
Scathophaga stercoraria ♂ ♀ (Diptera, Scathophagidae)
Yellow Dung Fly
Gelbe Dungfliege
Møgflue
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In this beach both Royal and Sandwich Terns were flocked together with the Black Skimmers. Both Tern species were displaying full courtship behaviors. Although for Sandwich Terns the display was not as elaborate as the Royal Terns.
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In 2011 I was privileged enough to be able to spend some hundred hours with this kestrel family from copulation to flight. These are the two survivors of a brood of three, the third being less well developed, and disappeared a couple of days after leaving the nest.
Here Mum seems satisfied that delivering the spider was all she needed to do, the chicks could sort out the rest themselves.
Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, 2011.
Very interesting to find several pairs of these blue-eyed (=southern migrant) hawkers (Aeshna affinis) in west Dorset after they seem to have made their way along the coast from further east in the last few years. Also it was noticeable that they were breeding a month later than those in Essex. This pair features a rarer blue-coloured female looking much like the males rather than the brownish yellow form typical of affinis.
RKO_6398. What else can you wish while on safari?
We ran into this beautiful couple and watched them doing the reproduction process a couple of times to get the best images! LOL
Reproduction and life cycle:
Both sexes are polygamous and breed throughout the year, but females are usually restricted to the one or two adult males of their pride. In the wild they usually breed no more than once in two years. Females are receptive to mating for three or four days within a widely variable reproductive cycle. During this time a pair generally mates every 20–30 minutes, with up to 50 copulations per 24 hours. Such extended copulation not only stimulates ovulation in the female but also secures paternity for the male by excluding other males. Like those of other cats, the male lion's penis has spines that point backward. During withdrawal of the penis, the spines rake the walls of the female's vagina, which may cause ovulation and pain. The gestation period is about 108 days, and the litter size varies from one to six cubs, two to four being usual. Source: Brittanica and Wikipedia.
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The tiercel Red-shoulder has a bit more time to himself now that the pair is done copulating and the hen is on the nest. He does, like any faithful mate does, check in, and usually the female rises to meet him in the air to interact. Here was one of those encounters.
L’accouplement peut se faire entièrement en vol, notamment chez les libellulidés, mais la plupart des espèces préfèrent se poser. Les partenaires accouplés forment le cœur copulatoire. L’accouplement peut être très bref (quelques secondes), quand il n’y a que transfert de sperme. Il peut être long et prendre plusieurs heures quand le mâle nettoie la cavité spermatique de la femelle avant d’y introduire sa semence. A l’aide de sorte de petits plumeaux, il élimine le sperme d’éventuels prédécesseurs et accroît ainsi ses propres chances de paternité. Mâles et femelles s’accouplent avec de nombreux partenaires différents, parfois à quelques minutes d’intervalle seulement.
Taken in Northwest Leicestershire at the site visited last week when we found aberrant 'punctata'
None seen today but plenty of other Hairstreaks about, with varying amounts of 'hairstreak'
Copulating in the top of a Bilberry plant but not able to get unobstructed shot.
The bee orchid flower mimics the solitary bee Eucera longicornis, which attempts to copulate with it, leading to pollination.
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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
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Both sexes are polygamous and breed throughout the year, but females are usually restricted to the one or two adult males of their pride.
In captivity lions often breed every year, but in the wild they usually breed no more than once in two years.
Females are receptive to mating for three or four days within a widely variable reproductive cycle.
During this time a pair generally mates every 20–30 minutes, with up to 50 copulations per 24 hours. Such extended copulation not only stimulates ovulation in the female but also secures paternity for the male by excluding other males.
The gestation period is about 108 days, and the litter size varies from one to six cubs, two to four being usual.
The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the family Felidae; it is a muscular, deep-chested cat with a short, rounded head, a reduced neck and round ears, and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions have a prominent mane, which is the most recognisable feature of the species. With a typical head-to-body length of 184–208 cm they are larger than females at 160–184 cm. It is a social species, forming groups called prides. A lion pride consists of a few adult males, related females and cubs. Groups of female lions usually hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The lion is an apex and keystone predator, although some lions scavenge when opportunities occur, and have been known to hunt humans, although the species typically does not. Typically, the lion inhabits grasslands and savannas, but is absent in dense forests. It is usually more diurnal than other big cats, but when persecuted it adapts to being active at night and at twilight. African lions live in scattered populations across Sub-Saharan Africa. The lion prefers grassy plains and savannahs, scrub bordering rivers and open woodlands with bushes. It is absent from rainforest and rarely enters closed forest. S_3873
Santalecina (Huesca) Comarca aragonesa del Cinca Medio.
Esta pareja tampoco colaboró demasiado. Pillarlos de esta manera resulta muy complicado. Son veloces, muy rápidas en la cópula y en la puesta. Los machos resultan tremendamente “acosadores”.
Santalecina (Huesca) Aragonese region of Cinca Medio.
This couple did not collaborate too much either. To catch them in this way is very complicated. They are fast, very fast in the copulation and in the putting. The males are tremendously "stalkers".
Well this is not two males fighting about one or two females. No one of the other tried to copulate with the other male, Some rainbow birds?! This happend over and over again. Ottenby, Öland, Sweden.
« Feminine coyness is in fact very common among animals, and so are prolonged courtship or engagement periods. ... Courtship rituals often include considerable pre-copulation investment by the male. The female may refuse to copulate until the male has built her a nest. Or the male may have to feed her quite substantial amounts of food. »
Richard Dawkins
This snapshot is dedicated to my friend MAD and to his idea of a good shot!
Mute Swans / cygnus olor. Straws Bridge, Derbyshire. 02/02/21.
'LOVE ON A LAKE.'
For the last few weeks these Mute Swans have taken to strengthening their pair bond very intensely. At first there were a lot of daily interactions, bubble blowing and snorting. Then, just before the latest freeze, they had started to copulate too.
Now the frozen lake surface has halted actual mating temporarily - though they still keep close company and have eyes only for each other!
I made this image at the beginning of the month after they had just mated. After the act they spend a few tender moments acknowledging each other, then swim further apart and start frantically dipping heads underwater.
Blue is the colour for queen bees who are born in 2015 ...
The bee keeper gives every copulated queen bee an own sign.
So it will be easier to see the queen bee on the comb.
Watching Red Shouldered Bugs mate can be amusing; with seemingly no regard to privacy (or possible size 9 sneakers).
These two bugs connect their rears and walk forward and backward, taking turns leading one another. Females then deposit their eggs by a shrub or tree.
The nymphs are hatched completely red and grow into various stages over the summer until they obtain their blue-black wings.
Red-shouldered bugs are sometimes called “scentless plant bugs” because they don´t smell like stink bugs or other types of bugs.
Planning on being more common.
Taken at Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve, Warwickshire.
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Flea beetles copulating on Prostanthera campbellii plant at Lake Deborah.
Donna Tomkinson
I'm going to suggest the flea beetle Arsipoda. Looks similar to Arsipoda holomelaena, but there isn't any observations for that species on iNat in WA, & only one old one on AoLA, and some of the other species have no photo's in the gallery so I don't know what they look like. Example from iNat by the bunyip. inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/68049558
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