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During mating, the male tiger beetle uses his mandibles to grasp the female at the rear of her thorax in a groove called the 'coupling sulcus'. The contours of this groove correspond only to the mandibles of a male of her own species, and prevents interspecific breeding by allowing the female to throw off a male of another species. Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
Equilibrio pendular. Cuando un ligero viento hace difícil la cópula y la foto. Esta pareja estuvo mucho rato intentando consumar la cópula en diferentes ramas sin conseguir la estabilidad necesaria para ello.
Pendular balance. When a light wind makes intercourse and photo difficult. This couple was trying for a long time to consummate the intercourse in different branches without achieving the necessary stability for it.
Enallagma cyathigerum
100mm Macro Canon, 1/200, F/8, ISO 400, Softbox flash at -2 stops
American Avocets copulating, Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, CA USA
27Mar23
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Madame Paonne montre qu'elle est prête....Drôle cette prise de vue avec le roue de Monsieur Paon dans l'axe !
messing up the chronology a bit, but here's one from today of these beautiful dragons. Inspired by some shots on Flickr I decided to head east to Essex after some of the Canvey Island babies, and was not disappointed, with dozens obligingly along various ditches, including a couple of pairs that were 'in cop'. Move over mixta's - the new kids on the block hit them for six, in my opinion.
Those bumps on the top of his indicate his mating plumage.
They don't nest in our area and I never see any copulation with this breed, so I don't know where they raise their young.
Post copulation embrace with wing by the male and responded to by female. Bills crossed and neck touched. (very brief).
Many thanks to all who visit, view and comment upon my efforts
Hope you guys did too! Sorry if this offends anyone but.........when I see animals copulating, I MUST take pictures. Because it's funny! I pulled the car over and all the other cars were going around me! I could NOT stop laughing. I would love to have heard what the other parents told their kids about this and why they weren't stopping to look at the giraffes.
A pair of azure damselflies in classic reproductive pose. They were part of an abundance of damselflies including four species on a small pool by the Leeds-Liverpool canal near Pennington Flash.
Next level lovin'
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.05 Sept 2022
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
Temporary biplane
Sarcophaga spec. ♀♂ (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)
Flesh Flies ......... flying in copula
Fleischfliegen ... fliegend in Kopula
Kødfluer .............. flyver i parring
Even aerodynamics of a single insect in flight is very complicated and I always wonder how two actively flying flies manage to coordinate their efforts.
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
Except for ISO, the EXIF data are incorrect, because the equipment used is not Canon-compatible:
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Die EXIF-Daten sind falsch, bis auf den ISO-Wert, weil das Zubehör nicht Canon-kompatibel ist:
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Tree sparrows (Passer montanus) preparing for second brood by copulating on a branch.
Para mazurków (Passer montanus) przygotowująca się do drugiego lęgu przez spólkowanie na gałęzi.
These two had been mating through the night (and were noisy about it). I could hear them all through the night.
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
Rhipiphorid beetle
The males of this family have large antennae used to catch pheromones from female beetles to enable copulation.
Often these beetles are parasites of cockroaches.
I'm back... again! we've recently moved house so I've been without wifi for the last few weeks so no pictures unfortunately. Normal service will resume.
Here's one from back in Cornwall, these little ones can be found all over the place!
Common whitetail male, Plathemis lydia, hovering over a female it has just copulated with which is laying eggs in the water below. Bauerle Ranch Park, Austin.
Copulation of foxes often is accompanied by a copulatory tie, which may last for more than an hour. The copulatory tie occurs when the male's bulbus glandis enlarges. (source: Wikipedia)
European red fox, red fox
Rotfuchs
[Vulpes vulpes]
A red male with a gray female (female has been living next to my house for over a year). They copulated twice later on once it got dark.
Atlantic Grey Seal / halichoerus grypus. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. 15/11/17.
'MATING SEQUENCE - MAKING HIS MOVE'. (2)
Another image in the mating sequence and made last year.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
The bull had seen off contenders and gradually moved in closer to the cow, until he was lying directly along the length of her back. Touchingly, he held his top front flipper over her shoulder.
I assume this was to check her receptiveness to his advances.
They stayed absolutely still like this for at least 20 minutes.
Finally, sensing she had accepted him, the bull suddenly raised his head, gripped some fur on her neck and adjusted the business end of his body with some ungainly wriggling!
At last.
He had won his mating rights and started to copulate.
Die braunen Federn sind die Flugfedern.
Der Schwanz wird im Flug hinterher geschleppt.
Peacock displaying to attract attention of peahen
A peacock's copulation success rate depends on the colours of his eyespots (ocelli) and the angle at which they are displayed.
In courtship, vocalization stands to be a primary way for peacocks to attract peahens. Some studies suggest that the intricacy of the "song" produced by displaying peacocks proved to be impressive to peafowl. Singing in peacocks usually occurs just before, just after, or sometimes during copulation. Alerting other males of mating may reduce interference or synchronize breeding times.
Peafowl are forest birds that nest on the ground, but roost in trees. They are terrestrial feeders. All species of peafowl are believed to be polygamous. In common with other members of the Galliformes, the males possess metatarsal spurs or "thorns" on their legs used during intraspecific territorial fights.
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Wilhelma Stuttgart Zoo and Botanic Gardens
En cópula. Balsa de La Mussara (Tarragona - España)
In copulation. Raft of La Mussara (Tarragona - Spain)
this copulation of photographs creates the illusion of business as usual at DFW International, featuring a control tower and a departing flight at the DFW entrance.
(Falco sparverius) Thompson and Michaelbrook Marshes. Mate of Kessie. Taken shortly after a copulation....
Accidental flight shot of chalcidoid wasp, probably still unknown egg parasitoid species similar to THIS ONE RECENTLY DESCRIBED FROM CHINA
Before mating, the longhorn beetle female produces a lot of pheromones which can sometimes attract unwelcome visitors.
Beetle (Monochamus sartor) body length is ~25 mm, wasp body length is ~1,3 mm excluding ovipositor.
Taken with Pentax MZ-5N camera, Soligor 100mm macro lens and Pentax AF140C Macro Flash on Fuji Reala 100 negative film.
Taken a couple of evenings ago from my hide, I couldn't believe it when both birds appeared and began food passing then started mating right in front of me, less than 8 meters from the hide.
I wasn't sure wether or not to post this, not because of the poor image quality, but because I feel a little guilty for capturing such an intimate moment and sharing it.
This morning on the kitchen window.
Adult Crane Flies (Tipuloidea) have a lifespan of 10 to 15 days.
The adult female usually contains mature eggs as she emerges from her pupa, and often mates immediately if a male is available. Males also search for females by walking or flying. Copulation takes a few minutes to hours and may be accomplished in flight. The female immediately deposits her eggs, usually in wet soil or mats of algae. Some lay eggs on the surface of a water body or in dry soils, and some reportedly simply drop them in flight.