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In its pre-copulation display, the male American Avocet preens himself with water, gradually gaining intensity to the point of frenzied splashing just before mating with the female. After mating, the pair intertwines their necks with their bills crossed and runs forward. The pair stays together for a single breeding season.
Figured I might as well give the video thing a shot, maybe get better when I know what I'm doing. Best part of video is the look on females face at the end.
Image taken along the Manzanita Creek Trail, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Shasta County, California
As I moved slowly towards the owl to get a better image, its mate suddenly dropped out of the sky and the two birds briefly copulated.
I think what happened is that I was maneuvering around a bush and testing a possible sight line to the bird. The owl was partially obscured, so I was going to re-position, but then the action started and I just started shooting rather than trying for a better angle.
I did have the presence of mind to hit the shutter button, but no time to properly compose the scene. The confusion on the left is what it is. I think I was very fortunate to capture the moment at all.
Things were getting heated for this Osprey pair, with considerable copulation, the proverbial 'cloacal kiss', taking place. Iroquois, Ontario.
"In general osprey copulations begin about 14 days before, and peak in the few days before the start of egg laying. They occur frequently, but only 39% of copulations result in cloacal kiss. It may take 160 copulation attempts to successfully fertilize a female to form a clutch of eggs."
Voyeuristic view of the business ends of a pair of X. milaria during copulation. For people who like that sort of thing!
Kopulierendes Paar Filziger Blattschaber - Cionus thapsus - zwischen den Blättern einer Königskerze.
Copulating pair of weevils between the leafs of a mullein.
Focus stack of 113 single images.
Olympus OMD EM1-II, M.Zuiko 60mm macro at f/3.5 on tripod.
ISO 640, 1/250 sec per frame.
Columbia Children's Arboretum, NE Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon (July 11th, 2020). 92a. Suburban arboretum and park.
Pair in copula on a dead branch overhanging a narrow slough.
Blue-eyed Darner copulation (and that of many other dragonflies) takes the visually striking form illustrated by the photograph. In both sexes the gamete producing organs are near the tip of the abdomen (9th segment) but prior to copulation the male transfers his sperm to a “seminal vesicle” located far forward along the abdomen on the 2nd segment near the junction with the thorax. The process culminates when the male grasps the female’s head with hooks at the tip of his abdomen and bends her abdomen forward to bring its tip in apposition to the seminal vesicle as per the photo. It is at this point that the sperm are transferred from the male’s reproductive tract to the female’s. [If the male encounters sperm from another male already in the female"s reproductive tract during this process, he scrapes it out first before depositing his own.]
Blue-eyed Darner females come in 2 color varieties: "heteromorph" (brownish eyes and face and yellow body markings as here) and "andromorph" (a faded version of the male coloration).
Copulating pair with andromorph female--
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Blue Dasher in-copula--
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More odonate photos--
Cette scène s'est produite juste après que la femelle ait accepté un poisson du mâle en guise de preuve d'engagement entre les deux martins pêcheurs. Je me trouvais à 3 mètres de la branche lorsqu'ils sont arrivés, c'est le cadrage original.
This scene occurred right after the female accepted a fish from the male as a proof of commitment between the two kingfishers. I happened to be hiding 3 meters far from the branch when they came, this is the original framing.
Stream Bluets (Enallagma exsulans) in wheel (copulation). Potomac River at mouth of Sideling Hill Creek, Washington County, Maryland.
The Netherlands - Westzaan
Along with the hours-long copulations, the reproductive lifespan of Blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans - Lantaarntje) is only a few weeks. Cooperation from both males and females is required for copulation and females have the ability to reject sperm transfer from unwanted mating attempts. A tandem formation is created by males through the clasping of the female pronotum. © Tom Kisjes
Sailor Bar, American River Parkway / Sacramento County, California
Research indicates that female Arroyo Bluets are seldom found except in mating pairs. Pairs oviposit in floating vegetation; males may release the female and then she often submerges headfirst to continue laying her eggs.
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Mating Behavior
Once mature, a male dragonfly or damselfly establishes a territory from which he chases other males. When on territory, he produces packets of sperm called spermatophores at the tip of his abdomen (tenth segment), reaches the tip forward and places the spermatophores in a depression on the lower surface of the second abdominal segment.
With his sperm receptacle filled, the male flies out and grasps a female's head with his clasping genitalia at the abdominal tip. Each species' male genitalia fit the head of only the female of that species. (Slaty Skimmer Clamped in Tandem.) In some dragonflies and damselflies, the shape of the male genitalia is the most constant and accurate identifier of the insect's species.
Once the male has grasped a female, they fly in tandem for some time (Swamp Spreadwing in Tandem). The male usually flies while the female rests. Rarely, the female will fly while the male rests. It is unusual for both odonates to be flying at the same time.After some time, the female reaches the tip of her abdomen below her body and grasps the male's second segment to pick up the spermatophores he placed there. During this process, called the wheel formation, the two dragonflies take on a circular or heart-shaped pose. The two may stay in the wheel formation for upwards of fifteen minutes before the female releases and returns to the tandem position.
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 hares can be seen in daytime chasing one another; this appears to be competition between males to attain dominance (and hence more access to breeding females). During this spring frenzy, hares can be seen "boxing", one hare striking another with its paws (probably the origin of the term "mad as a March hare"). For a long time, this had been thought to be only intermale competition, but closer observation has revealed it can also be a female hitting a male to prevent copulation
A bit shorter for I had problems uploading.
Longer Version here:
Etwas gekürzt weil ich Probleme mit dem hochladen hatte.
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🇬🇧 Black Skimmer
🆔 Rynchops niger
©️ Naun Amable Silva
📷 Photographed in Mato Grosso, Brazil
📅 Sept, 2019
📷 Canon 5D Mark IV - Canon 600mm
f/ 4 - 1/3200 - iso 1250
Primeras imágenes en Murcia. En un terreno abandonado dentro de la ciudad una pareja de saltamontes aprovecha el sol de enero para asegurar su descendencia. Nunca había visto estos colores en las patas de un saltamontes (ver en grande)
First images in Murcia. On an abandoned piece of land within the city, a pair of grasshoppers takes advantage of the January sun to secure their offspring. I have never seen these colors on the legs of a grasshopper (see large)
100 mm Macro, 1/250, F/8, ISO 400
Taken at one of my local patch sites in Northwest Leicestershire.
An afternoon visit on the way home from a morning spent in Derbyshire.
Yesterday I tried to see this pair copulating by the nest that they built on high tower. I spent several hours but didn't happen.
Their courtship is still going on.
Overpeck Park, NJ
Ashy Clubtails (Gomphus lividus) were often seen in wheel (copulation) in open areas such as sunlit roads last Sunday. Patuxent Research Refuge, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Le phénomène est déjà relaté par Galien, qui écrit «Chaque animal est triste après le coït, à l'exception de la femme et du coq»...... peut-être aussi de l'oie à tête barrée !
The Wicker Man is a 1973 British mystery horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Christopher Lee.
Police Sergeant Neil Howie (Edward Woodward) journeys to the remote Hebridean island Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl, Rowan Morrison (Gerry Cowper), about whom he has received an anonymous letter. Howie, a devout Christian, is disturbed to find the islanders paying homage to the pagan Celtic gods of their ancestors. They copulate openly in the fields, include children as part of the May Day celebrations, teach children of the phallic association of the maypole, and place toads in their mouths to cure sore throats. The Islanders, including Rowan's own mother (Irene Sunters), appear to be attempting to thwart his investigation by claiming that Rowan never existed.
While staying at the Green Man Inn, Howie notices a series of photographs celebrating the annual harvest, each featuring a young girl as the May Queen. The photograph of the most recent celebration is suspiciously missing; the landlord (Lindsay Kemp) tells him it was broken. The landlord's beautiful daughter, Willow (Britt Ekland), attempts to seduce Howie, so that he would no longer remain a virgin, but he refuses her advances. Howie enters the local school and enquires about Rowan among the students, but all deny her existence. He checks the school register and finds Rowan's name in it. He questions the school teacher and she tells him about her burial plot.
After seeing Rowan's burial plot, Howie meets the island's leader, Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee), grandson of a Victorian agronomist, to obtain permission for an exhumation. Lord Summerisle explains that his grandfather developed strains of fruit trees that would prosper in Scotland's climate, and encouraged the belief that old gods would use the new strains to bring prosperity to the island. Over the next several generations, the island's inhabitants fully embraced pagan religion.
Howie finds the missing harvest photograph, showing Rowan standing amidst empty boxes; the harvest had failed. His research reveals that when there is a poor harvest, the islanders make a human sacrifice to ensure that the next harvest will be bountiful. He comes to the conclusion that Rowan is alive and has been chosen for sacrifice. During the May Day celebration, Howie knocks out and ties up the innkeeper so he can steal his costume and mask (that of Punch, the fool) and infiltrates the parade. When it seems the villagers are about to sacrifice Rowan, he cuts her free and flees with her into a cave. On exiting it, they are intercepted by the islanders, to whom Rowan happily returns.
Lord Summerisle tells Howie that Rowan was never the intended sacrifice – Howie himself is. He fits their gods' four requirements: he came of his own free will, with "the power of a king" (by representing the Law), is a virgin, and is a fool. Defiant, Howie loudly warns Lord Summerisle and the islanders that the fruit-tree strains are failing permanently and that the villagers will turn on him (Lord Summerisle) and sacrifice him next summer when the next harvest fails as well; Summerisle angrily insists that the sacrifice of the "willing, king-like, virgin fool" will be accepted and that the next harvest will not fail. The villagers force Howie inside a giant wicker man statue, set it ablaze and surround it, singing the Middle English folk song "Sumer Is Icumen In". Inside the wicker man, a terrified Howie recites Psalm 23, and prays to Christ. He curses the islanders as he burns to death. The head of the wicker man collapses in flames, revealing the setting sun.
This Wicker man holds no such terrors
Copulation of velvet ant lasts for several minutes. The male, in this group, is larger than the female. The male, during copulation, usually grasps the female at her neck region with the help of mandibles and fore legs. He grabs her firmly and keeps her close to his ventral side of the body. By this way, she is literally being lifted up from the ground and hangs in the air between his mandibles and fore legs. Such a fascinating and romantic mating ritual I have witnessed ever in the insect world!
Le faucon crécerelle (Falco tinnunculus) est le rapace diurne le plus commun de nos campagnes. Fin février, le couple reprend possession du site de reproduction qui peut être une paroi rocheuse ou un ancien nid de corvidés. Mais il affectionne aussi les cavités des murs des vieilles bâtisses. La compétition est parfois rude car le couple doit exclure les intrus … les jeunes de l’année passée ou encore des pigeons ! Chaque matin, pendant plusieurs jours, le couple se retrouve sur le toit le temps de se toiletter et s’accoupler … histoire de consolider les liens et préparer la future reproduction !
Explored #42 March 5th. The culmination of of my Life Imitating Politics set! I spent so long with this pair last Tuesday that I thought of giving them names – possibly beginning with E – but I decided not to go there!
This shot was taken, handheld and lying at full length, with the Canon 100-400mm set to 235mm - they are ridiculously tame! - and ISO400 for 1/1250th of a second at f5.6. In Lightroom, the main edit was crop to 8x10 format, as well as the usual minor adjustments to for exposure, sharpening and noise reduction.
Family: Tettigoniidae
A mating pair of this previously very scarce animal, now significantly more widely distributed. The female approached the stridulating male over the course of several minutes, before engaging in a prolonged mating. The droplet visible was, I think, exuded by the male.
Two beetles enjoy the nectar of an Angophoroa hispida, as well as each other's company, in Manly Dam.
Israel's Winter Wild Flowers
Anemone
A very common perennial with beautiful showy flowers in many colors. Anemones of all colors belong to the same botanical species and are inter fertile. The color of the flower is determined genetically by the respective parent plants. The common colors are red, white, pink, purple and blue. Altogether, there are 25 color types of anemones in Israel. Each flower blooms for a few weeks in mid winter. They open and close according to the sunshine and other weather conditions. In bright days the flowers track the sun's movement in the sky, capturing maximum radiation and warmth in the cold season.
Anemones have a rounded bulb close to the soil surface. The flowers and leaves emerge directly from this bulb. After the first rains the leaves break out. They have a long petiole and three dissected lobes. The flowers appear later in mid-winter, each carried on top of a leafless hairy stalk. The flower stalks are bent and break the ground with a special hook. Aboveground they straighten and bear a whorl of 3 bracts underneath the flower. As the flower ages, the distance to the bract increases, and in the red ones, a white ring develops at the base of the petals. The flowers have 5-6 colorful petals. The pistils and stamens in dark metallic blue, almost black, color are located at the center. The flowers attract beetles and bees that feed on the pollen released by the stamens while transferring pollen from one flower to another. The beetles probably take advantage of the large flowers also for meeting and copulating with the opposite sex. Each composite fruit contains hundreds of seeds that bear fluffy hairs which aid their dispersal by the wind.
Anemones are common in north and central regions of Israel, and even reach the edges of the desert in the south. The same species can be found in Greece Turkey and throughout the Middle East.