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A pair of small blue butterflies mating on a cowslip in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham.
Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Southwest Florida
USA
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. 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. - Wikipedia
Near The Gulf of Mexico
Southwest Florida
USA
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. 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. – Wikipedia
A pair of fresh 3rd brood small copper butterflies mating on an unopened devilsbit scabious in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve this afternoon.
A pair of second brood adonis blue butterflies caught copulating on the steep south facing slopes of Swelshill Bank in Stroud earlier this week. The female is on the left and the male on the right. I was quite pleased that I managed to get a few half decent shots as i had to contend with a strong breeze which made photographing them difficult!
Era tal el número de individuos de Ischnura elegans que pululaban en un pequeño espacio de terreno que las cópulas se veían por doquier. Hasta el punto de poder observar varias de ellas en un mismo posadero.
En este caso su disposición me permitió sacarles una buena difinición a los cuatro.
En El Hondo (San Felipe Neri), Alicante, con una muy buena compañía y algún que otro envidiosillo.
Such was the number of individuals of Ischnura elegans that swarmed in a small area of land that copulations were seen everywhere. To the point of being able to observe several of them in the same innkeeper.
In this case, his disposition allowed me to get a good definition from all four.
In El Hondo (San Felipe Neri), Alicante, with a very good company and the odd little envy.
Photographed two Dark-eyed Juncos having a spat over some seeds on the ground at our friends cottage on Kenogamissi Lake in the Township of Doyle in Northeastern Ontario Canada
Sixty-six percent of the global population of Dark-eyed Junco breeds in the boreal forest of North America. The Slate-colored form nests throughout the boreal region, from the shores of the Bering Sea to the Atlantic, and south through the Appalachians. Other forms nest throughout the western mountains to northern Baja California and west Texas. The breeding system of the Dark-eyed Junco is categorized as "social monogamy." Although birds of both sexes tend to have only one "social mate" with which they nest and defend a territory, they frequently copulate with neighboring birds. As a result, males raise many young that are not their own. Females that lose their mates quickly re-pair, often with neighboring males who may sire broods with their new mates while also rearing young with their original mates. Such males rarely care for their new mates' original young, even though some likely are their own offspring. The nest is usually on the ground, often on a sloping bank, and concealed under a protruding rock, among roots, under a log, or at the base of plant stems, but occasionally in a tree. Usually four eggs are laid, with larger clutches more frequent early in the season and smaller clutches late. The young are able to run before they can fly, if necessary, because their legs develop quickly. Southern populations normally attempt to raise two broods per year. Nest predation, particularly by rodents, is very high, and overall productivity is highly correlated with rodent density.
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Males perform their unique dance, rapidly stomping their feet, and vocalizing, with wings spread, and purple neck sacs inflated, challenging each other, usually in pairs. Eventually, a female arrives and walks around nonchalantly, which sets off a frenzied performance by the males. After a thorough inspection, she selects a male and copulation takes. place. This, her only visit to the lek, will fertilize her entire clutch of up to a dozen eggs.
Ya llevábamos varios dias viendo a los machos cerca del agua ya las hembras más alejadas.
Ese día hacía más calor y pensamos que sería propicio para ver la cópula sobre mediodía.
El fotograma original era apaisado y lo presento adaptado a formato 4x5, manteniendo la altura y eliminando de los lados,
me gusta así.
En la sierra de Biar (Alicante) España
We had been seeing the males near the water for several days and the females further away.
That day it was hotter and we thought it would be favorable to see the copulation around noon.
The original frame was landscape and I present it adapted to a 4x5 format, maintaining the height and eliminating the sides,
I like it so.
In the Sierra de Biar (Alicante) Spain
One of four pairs of large blue butterflies found copulating at Daneway Banks in Gloucestershire on a recent visit.
A pair of small blue butterflies found copulating in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham.
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis.
The closest relatives of mantises are the termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies (Mantispidae). Mantises are mostly ambush predators, but a few ground-dwelling species are found actively pursuing their prey. They normally live for about a year. In cooler climates, the adults lay eggs in autumn, then die. The eggs are protected by their hard capsules and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mates after copulation.
Mantises were considered to have supernatural powers by early civilizations, including Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Assyria. A cultural trope popular in cartoons imagines the female mantis as a femme fatale. Mantises are among the insects most commonly kept as pets.
Los Angeles. California.
"Mallard pairs are generally monogamous, but paired males pursue females other than their mates. So-called “extra-pair copulations” are common among birds and in many species are consensual, but male Mallards often force these copulations, with several males chasing a single female and then mating with her." Cornell Lab of Ornithology Photograhed in the wild, Rideau River, Ontario, Canada.
I plant sunflowers every year for the photo opportunities. They attract birds and insects. Usually, it's lots of bees. On this day, I found this pair working on increasing the fly population.
mystery of life
two on a sunflower leaf
even flies do it
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
Earlier this year I had a wonderful day with River Otters. Three youngsters, almost full grown, were in a playful mood and seemed to crave physical contact with each other, rolling around with each other, sometimes throwing themselves over each other on their back. When they hunt, they do it well. It doesn't take them long to catch a fish, frog, tadpole or other aquatic prey. Friends of mine saw one catch a duckling, but that is the exception rather than the rule. According to Wikipedia, North American River Otters delay implantation for at least 8 months which means that birth occurs as much as 10-12 months after copulation. Dads don't contribute to raising the kits leaving it to mom to give birth, protect and teach the young how to survive. They stay with mom for about a year before searching for their own territory. (Lontra canadensis)
A cherry blossom is a flower of many trees of genus Prunus. The most well-known species is the Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is commonly called sakura. They are widely distributed, especially in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere including Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Mainland China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Myanmar, Thailand and West Siberia. Along with the chrysanthemum, the cherry blossom is considered the national flower of Japan. Japan has a wide variety of cherry blossoms (sakura); well over 200 cultivars can be found there. All varieties of cherry blossom trees produce small, unpalatable fruit or edible cherries. Edible cherries generally come from cultivars of the related species Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus.
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae (mantids). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis. The closest relatives of mantises are termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other unrelated insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies (Mantispidae). Mantises are mostly ambush predators, but a few ground-dwelling species are found actively pursuing their prey. They normally live for about a year. In cooler climates, the adults lay eggs in autumn, then die. The eggs are protected by their hard capsules and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mates after copulation. Mantises were considered to have supernatural powers by early civilizations, including Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Assyria. A cultural trope popular in cartoons imagines the female mantis as a femme fatale. Mantises are among the insects most commonly kept as pets. 66370
Y por lo observado con los Zygópteros, generalmente, hacen la recarga de esperma una vez han cogido a la hembra.
La cópula de Enallagma es fácil de ver en el paraje que visito durante unos cuantos dias seguidos. Debe ser por la poca presencia de hembras que el macho no la suelta fácilmente.
Fotograma completo, sin recortes.
En la primavera del Coto. Villena (Alicante) España
And from what has been observed with the Zygoptera, generally, they recharge the sperm once they have caught the female.
Enallagma's copulation is easy to see in the place I visit for a few days in a row. It must be because of the little presence of females that the male does not let go easily.
Full frame, no clipping.
In the spring of the Coto. Villena (Alicante) Spain
Fourth time lucky to eventually see some gorgeous evening light in this wonderful woodland in Devon. The weather has been so difficult to predict with contradictory forecasts but we struck gold or rather sapphire.
What an amazing evening feasting our eyes on the magical spring wild flowers in full bloom. It was so peaceful with the exception of two noisy Buzzards high up in the trees probably trying to copulate.
We watched the the most incredible sunlight beaming through the woods casting wonderful light and shade across the magenta bluebells. I must admit the scene wasn’t easy to photograph with the high dynamic range but extremely enjoyable. After taking a few images along the pathway the sun dropped quickly leaving the wood in darkness. It didn’t end there though as we were walking back to the car a fox ran across the footpath in front of us. Minutes later we spotted three deers close by in the adjacent field.
So here’s my first image of bluebells in 2023 and I hope you like it and can imagine yourselves in this mystical wood.
A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.
Muhammad Ali
One day the President and Mrs. Coolidge were visiting a government farm. Soon after their arrival, they were taken off on separate tours. When Mrs. Coolidge passed the chicken pens she paused to ask the man in charge if the rooster copulates more than once each day. "Dozens of times was the reply." "Please tell that to the President," Mrs. Coolidge requested. When the President passed the pens and was told about the roosters, he asked "Same hen every time?" "Oh no, Mr. President, a different one each time." The President nodded slowly, then said, "Tell that to Mrs. Coolidge."
Calvin Coolidge
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Thierry Djallo.
I spotted this hare just outside my brother's property in New South Wales. He stayed still for a few moments while checking out the terrain - then he was off like a flash!
Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares are classified in the same family as rabbits. They are similar in size and form to rabbits and have similar herbivorous diets, but generally have longer ears and live solitarily or in pairs. Also unlike rabbits, their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth rather than emerging blind and helpless. Most are fast runners. Hare species are native to Africa, Eurasia, North America, and the Japanese archipelago.
Five leporid species with "hare" in their common names are not considered true hares: the hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus), and four species known as red rock hares (comprising Pronolagus). Conversely, jackrabbits are hares, rather than rabbits.
A hare less than one year old is called a leveret. A group of hares is called a "drove".
Hares are swift animals: The European hare (Lepus europaeus) can run up to 56 km/h (35 mph). The five species of jackrabbits found in central and western North America are able to run at 64 km/h (40 mph), and can leap up to 3 m (10 ft) at a time.
Normally a shy animal, the European brown hare changes its behavior in spring, when they can be seen in daytime chasing one another. This appears to be competition between males to attain dominance for breeding. During this spring frenzy, animals of both sexes can be seen "boxing", one hare striking another with its paws. This notable behavior gives rise to the idiom, mad as a March hare. This is present not only in intermale competition, but among females toward males to prevent copulation.
Hares do not bear their young below ground in a burrow as do other leporids, but rather in a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass called a form. Young hares are adapted to the lack of physical protection, relative to that afforded by a burrow, by being born fully furred and with eyes open. They are hence precocial, and are able to fend for themselves soon after birth. By contrast, rabbits are altricial, having young that are born blind and hairless.
All rabbits (except the cottontail rabbits) live underground in burrows or warrens, while hares (and cottontail rabbits) live in simple nests above the ground, and usually do not live in groups. Hares are generally larger than rabbits, with longer ears, and have black markings on their fur. Hares have not been domesticated, while rabbits are raised for food and kept as house pets. The domestic pet known as the "Belgian Hare" is a rabbit that has been selectively bred to resemble a hare.
Hares have jointed, or kinetic, skulls, unique among mammals. They have 48 chromosomes while rabbits have 44. For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare
In the bee colony a new queen has been born. After she copulated with a male (a drone) she seized the regimen and kicked her mother out. The old queen has settled down on a branch of my plum tree (unfortunately 6 meters high). A part of the colony did follow her and is now building a cover around her. The working bees are carrying food for three days . Until then it has to be clear how, but most of all where they will continue.
Im Bienenvolk ist eine neue Königin geboren worden. Diese hat, nachdem sie sich mit einem Männchen (einer Drohne) gepaart hat, die Herrschaft an sich gerissen und ihre Mutter raus geschmissen. Die alte Königin hat sich auf einen Ast meines Pflaumenbaumes gesetzt (unglückerlicher Weise in einer Höhe von 6 Metern). Ein Teil des Volkes ist ihr gefolgt und bildet nun eine schützende Glocke um sie herum. Die Arbeiterinnen tragen für drei Tage Nahrung bei sich, bis dahin muss geklärt werden, wie und vor allem wo es weiter geht.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
"Mallard pairs are generally monogamous, but paired males pursue females other than their mates. So-called “extra-pair copulations” are common among birds and in many species are consensual, but male Mallards often force these copulations, with several males chasing a single female and then mating with her."
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Photographed in the wild, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pair of wood pigeons (Columba palumbus) copulating on a branch.
Para grzywaczy (Columba palumbus) spółkujących na gałęzi.
American Bald Eagle photographed in west-central Florida.
They perch together for a while, they vocalize and then they copulate. Looking forward to what's to come and hopefully there are eaglets to watch and photograph.
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Aunque es uno de los caballitos mas comunes de nuestra fauna, no es un caballito cualquiera para mi.
Al tener la oportunidad de fotografiarlo muy a menudo, disfruto de su color azul tan llamativo, sus emergencias, sus contínuos vuelos de la vegetación al agua en busca de hembras, de sus tandems y cópulas, etc, todo en el mismo lugar dada la gran cantidad de individuos que observamos. Un espectáculo.
Although it is one of the most common damselfly in our fauna, it is not just any damselfly for me.
Having the opportunity to photograph it very often, I enjoy its striking blue color, its emergence, its continuous flights from the vegetation to the water in search of females, its tandems and copulations, etc., all in the same place given the great number of individuals we observed. A show.
A pair of 3rd brood small copper butterflies mating in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
"Chickadees are seen most readily during winter when non-breeding flocks visit backyard birdfeeders, flocks generally comprised of 3 to 12 individuals. Social interactions within these groups are structured by stable linear dominance hierarchies. The dominance status of birds in winter flocks is partly age-related, and has important fitness consequences when birds break out of flocks to breed as socially monogamous pairs in spring. High-ranking males are preferred by females both as social breeding partners and extra-pair copulation partners." Cornell Lab of Ornithology Photographed in the wild, Mer Bleue Bog, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
A finales de marzo de este año ya se veían algunas parejas de S.fonscolombii copulando entre los matorrales para, posteriormente, dirigirse a la charca y depositar los huevos en el agua.
Cada vez se adelanta más esta escena. Lo que antes era una circunstancia extraordinaria, ahora se ha convertifo en algo habitual (¿cambio climático?, es posible, no lo se).
También las noto más esquivas a la hora de fotografiarlas. Antes no costaba tanto trabajo hacerlo (esta apreciación también la comentó un compañera de salidas fotográficas).
At the end of March of this year some pairs of S.fonscolombii were already seen copulating among the bushes to later go to the pond and lay the eggs in the water.
This scene is getting more and more ahead of time. What used to be an extraordinary circumstance has now become commonplace (climate change? It is possible, I don't know).
I also notice them more elusive when photographing them. Before it was not so difficult to do it (this appreciation was also commented by a colleague from photographic outings).
A pair of second brood small blue butterflies found copulating in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve on a visit in late July.
The same pair of marbled white butterflies caught copulating in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in late June.
En la pequeña balsa, además de larvas y emergencias de Libellula depressa, también se dejaba ver, puntual a la cita, algún macho presto a copular con la hembra que llegaba un poco más tarde.
Cuando se posaba y nos dejaba acercarnos aprovechábamos para fotografiarlo.
Macho adulto.
In the small raft, in addition to larvae and emergencies of Libellula depressa, a male ready to copulate with the female who arrived a little later was also allowed to be seen, punctual to the appointment.
When he would perch and let us get closer, we would take the opportunity to photograph him.
Adult male.
A pair of common blue butterflies resting on a salad burnet after copulation in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve. The female is on the left and the male on the right.
The breeding season for the common frog here in the U.K. is now well underway. This photograph of a mating pair was taken in March 2020.
It's admirable to see how hard the male Greater Sage-Grouse works to please the female. They are mesmerizing to watch on the lek. I was lucky enough to see a few copulating right on the lek as well.
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 small copper butterflies mating in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire, This is the same pair that I uploaded an image of a few days ago.