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The wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is closely related to the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) but differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, has slightly smaller ears, and is usually slightly smaller overall: around 90 mm (3.54 in) in length and 23 g in weight.It is found across most of Europe and is a very common and widespread species, is commensal with people and is sometimes considered a pest.Other common names are long-tailed field mouse, field mouse, common field mouse, and European wood mouse.
Wood mice inhabit forests, grasslands, and cultivated fields, tending to seek out more wooded areas in winter. Almost entirely nocturnal and terrestrial, wood mice burrow extensively, build nests of plants and live in buildings during harsh seasons. It is one of the most intensively studied species in the genus. In Europe it ranges north to Scandinavia and east to Ukraine. The wood mouse is also found in northwestern Africa and on many Mediterranean islands.
Wood mice are mainly active during the dark, probably having evolved so to avoid predation, employing several anti-predatory strategies, though breeding females may be more active in daylight in order to collect sufficient food.While foraging, wood mice pick up and distribute visually conspicuous objects, such as leaves and twigs, which they then use as landmarks during exploration.[10][11] If a wood mouse is caught by its tail, it can quickly shed the end of it, which may never regrow. Despite its name, it prefers hedgerows to woodland. During the colder months, wood mice do not hibernate; however, during severe winter seasons they can fall into a torpid state, a decrease in physiological activity.
The wood mouse has a breeding season from February to October in which multiple matings occur between males and females, resulting in scramble competition. Such behavioral characteristics result in sperm competition and multiple paternity litters. The society is polygynous with copulation resulting from scramble competition during reproductive periods. Males possess a sac known as the cauda epididymis, which stores sperm and lies underneath the scrotal protrusion. Temperature regulation ensures maximum sperm output.
Orange tip butterflies during thier mating dance. The female was sending out the correct type of aphrodisiac horemone indicating she was receptive of his intentions on this occasion and copulation did take place.
The moment before copulation. I'm starting to realise that the world of insects is way deeper than I had imagined and a closer look is needed in to their habites from me. The female was perched and feeding from the flower when then male flew in hovered for about a second and jumped on, and that was all she wrote lol
Pair of striped bugs (Graphosoma italicum) copulating on some umbelifer.
Para strojnic włoskich (Graphosoma italicum) kopulujących na jakimś baldaszkowatym.
Kestrels mating in late November!!!
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After having been confined to my home following an operation on my foot 2 months ago, I asked a friend to relieve me of my misery and let me have a day out photographing birds from the car. We decided to go where we had previously photographed kestrels mating in November several years before. A rare event for sure! After a few hours we saw nothing and then we both heard kestrels in a nearby tree and we both knew instantly they were mating. Our lenses pointed to the birds and I instinctively knew that despite the birds reasonably close proximity heat haze would be a problem. The ground had been covered with hoar frost and when the sun comes out to warm the ground wobbly air is inevitable. This is not my sharpest shot and would only make an acceptable A4 print. I was disappointed with all other images of these mating birds owing to the heat haze. My friend, Ivan Ellison was able to make about 3 accetable images. I managed a couple of sharp shots of the female on lighting apparatus...great portrait but crappy perch. I still enjoyed my day out which was far superior to being stuck at home alone in a flat with my foot pointing to the air!
A pair of common blue butterflies caught copulating in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire. The male is the silver butterfly and the female the brown butterfly.
Zur Zeit fliegen in Trockenrasengebieten Schmetterlinge der Art Silbergrüner Bläuling (Lysandra coridon). Im Bild ein Paar bei der Kopulation. Die Geschlechter weisen einen ganz auffälligen Geschlechtsdimorphismus auf, d.h. sie unterscheiden sich stark im Aussehen. Links das größere Männchen mit heller Unterseite und graublauer Oberseite. Rechts das kleiner Weibchen mit dunkelbrauner Grundfarbe auf der Unterseite und brauner Oberseite. Das Pärchen sitzt auf einer Skabiose.
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At the moment, butterflies of the species chalkhill blue (Lysandra coridon) fly in dry grassland areas. The picture shows a pair copulating. The sexes show a very conspicuous sexual dimorphism, i.e. they differ strongly in appearance. On the left the larger male with a light underside and a grey-blue upper side. On the right the small female with dark brown ground colour on the underside and brown upper side. The couple sits on a scabiosa.
"Pieris napi", green-veined white, Rapsweißling, Grünader-Weißling!
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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 adonis blue butterflies caught copulating on the steep south facing slopes of Swelshill Bank in Stroud.
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Reddish Egrets Copulating. These birds were so close I couldn't get both birds in the frame.
Ft. DeSoto Park, St Petersburg, Florida. USA.
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The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.
—Zephaniah 3:17
Male dragonflies have specialized claspers at the end of their abdomen, which they use to grasp the female behind her head during copulation. These claspers are species-specific and ensure that mating occurs between the same species.
Pair of white spotted rose beetles (Oxythyrea funesta) copulating on a red clover (Trifolium pratense) flower.
Para łanoch pobrzęczy (Oxythyrea funesta) kopulujących na kwiecie koniczyny łąkowej (Trifolium pratense).
No doubt.
This is my home
here it happens, here
I deceive myself immensely.
This is my home stopped in time.
Autumn comes and defends me,
spring and condemns me.
I have millions of guests
who laugh and eat,
they copulate and sleep,
They play and think
millions of bored guests
and have nightmares and nervous breakdowns.
No doubt.
This is my home.
All the dogs and steeples
They pass in front of her.
But my house is struck by lightning
and one day it will split in two.
And I won't know where to hide
because all the doors give outside the world.
by Mario Benedetti
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Pacific Black Duck
Scientific Name: Anas superciliosa
Description: The Pacific Black Duck is mostly mid-brown in colour, with each feather edged buff. The head pattern is characteristic, with a dark brown line through the eye, bordered with cream above and below and a dark brown crown. The upper wing colour is the same as the back, with a bright glossy green patch in the secondary flight feathers. The white underwing is conspicuous in flight. Young Pacific Black Ducks are similar to the adults in plumage.
Similar species: The Pacific Black Duck is closely related to the Mallard, A. platyrhynchos, introduced into Australia from the Northern Hemisphere. The two species are very similar in habits and occupy the same niche in the two regions. The two species will interbreed in situations where Mallards have been released.
Distribution: The Pacific Black Duck is found in all but the most arid regions of Australia. Outside Australia, its range extends throughout the Pacific region.
Habitat: The Pacific Black Duck is one of the most versatile of the Australian ducks. It frequents all types of water, from isolated forest pools to tidal mudflats. Pacific Black Ducks are usually seen in pairs or small flocks and readily mix with other ducks. In the wild, birds are often very wary of humans and seldom allow close approach. Birds in urban ponds become quite tame, however.
Feeding: The Pacific Black Duck is mainly vegetarian, feeding on seeds of aquatic plants. This diet is supplemented with small crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic insects. Food is obtained by 'dabbling', where the bird plunges its head and neck underwater and upends, raising its rear end vertically out of the water. Occasionally, food is sought on land in damp grassy areas.
Breeding: Mating in Pacific Black Ducks coincides with availability of sufficient food and water, and often with the onset of heavy rains or when waterways are at their peaks. Courtship is accompanied by ritualised displays including preening, bobbing and wing-flapping. This behaviour is often initiated by the female, and, other than copulation, the male helps little in the breeding process. Often, two broods will be raised in a year. The number of offspring produced may seem quite high, but only 20% of these will survive past two years of age.
Minimum Size: 50cm
Maximum Size: 60cm
Average size: 55cm
Breeding season: Highly variable
Clutch Size: 16
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when immature the abdomen is very stout at segment 2 and tapers to a narrow segment 10. The sides are yellow from segment 4-8 and the tip of the abdomen is black. The wing markings are diagnostic with 4 spots clearly visible at the nodes (mid points) of the wings. These are in addition to the dark pterostigma. The hind wings also have dark patches at the base – a feature characteristic of all chasers. An area of yellow also spreads across the front of the wing. Another form of this species called praenubila is quite commonly seen. Shown in the additional photographs below and in the female photograph, this form has more black at the nodes and an area of black extending from the pterostigma. The eyes are brown and the legs are black.Males are fast and aggressive and will view their territory from a selected perch and fly out to chase off other males or to seek a female. Females are grabbed in mid- air and copulation takes place in flight in a matter of seconds. Females then oviposit alone but with the male in attendance to chase off intruding males. The female hovers over the water, usually where there is submerged aquatic vegetation and either dips her abdomen into the water or sometimes flicks the eggs into the water.
A pair of scarce chaser dragonflies caught copulating in some reeds beside the River Avon at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.
Esta cópula de Orthetrum trinacria ha sido tomada en el paraje Clot de Galvany. Ha sido de lo poco decente que hemos podido hacer hoy, a pesar de que habían numerosos individuos de diferentes especies.
El problema ha sido que por cada individuo habían cientos de mosquitos y resulta muy incómodo hacer fotografías así. Daba lo mismo que llevaras un potente repelente, no parecía importunarles.
Es una pena que el ala tape la cabeza del macho y no se aprecie bien ese maravilloso ojo que tiene.
Dedicada a Ricardo Menor.
This copulation of Orthetrum trinacria has been taken in the Clot de Galvany area. It has been one of the few decent ones we have been able to do today, even though there were numerous individuals of different species.
The problem has been that for each individual there were hundreds of mosquitoes and it is very uncomfortable to take pictures like that. It didn't matter if you had a powerful repellent, it didn't seem to bother them.
It is a pity that the wing covers the male's head and that wonderful eye he has is not well appreciated.
Dedicated to Ricardo Menor.
A pair of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) copulating on a tree bark. Firebugs are well known for copulating for many hours, even whole week.
Para kowali bezskrzydłych (Pyrrhocoris apterus) kopulujących na korze drzewa. Kowale są poszechnie znane z trwających wiele godzin, a nawet cały tydzień, kopulacji.
A finales del mes pasado ya volaban algunos odonatos por las zonas que frecuento y entre esas especies se encontraba Hemianax ephippiger.
Vi una cópula la seguí y tuve la fortuna de que me dejaran fotografiarlas, hasta el punto de sacar algunas tomas de detalle.
Entre éstas la de la hembra colgando durante el acoplamiento.
Foto con un pequeño recorte.
At the end of last month some odonata were already flying through the areas I frequent and among those species was Hemianax ephippiger.
I saw a copulation, I followed it and I was fortunate that they let me photograph them, to the point of taking some detail shots.
Among these is that of the female hanging during mating.
Photo with a small cutout.
Rheas are from South America only and are limited within the continent to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. They are grassland birds and both species prefer open land. The greater rheas live in open grasslands, pampas, and chaco woodlands. They prefer to breed near water and prefer lowlands, seldom going above 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). On the other hand, the lesser rhea will inhabit most shrubland, grassland, even desert salt puna up to 4,500 metres (14,800 ft).[6][9][10]
A small population of rheas has emerged in northeastern Germany, after several couples escaped from an exotic meat farm near Lübeck in the late 1990s. Contrary to expectations, the large birds have adapted well to the conditions in the German countryside.[11] Currently there is a population of well over 100 birds in an area of 150 square kilometres (58 sq mi) between the river Wakenitz and the A20 motorway, slowly expanding eastwards.[12] A monitoring system has been in place since 2008
Rheas tend to be silent birds with the exception being when they are chicks or when the male is seeking a mate. During breeding season, the male will attempt to attract females by calling. This call is a loud booming noise. While calling like this, they will lift the front of their body, ruffle their plumage, all while keeping their neck stiff. They will then extend and raise their wings, and run short distances, alternating with their wings. He may then single out a female and walk alongside or in front of her with a lowered head and spread wings. If the female notices him, then he will wave his neck back and forth in a figure-eight. Finally, a female may offer herself and copulation will commence.[6]
During the non-breeding season they may form flocks of between 20 and 25 birds,[14] although the lesser rhea forms smaller flocks than this. When in danger they flee in a zig-zag course, using first one wing then the other, similar to a rudder. During breeding season the flocks break up
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Apolo
La mariposa se recuperaba después de una noche tormentosa.
Se trata de una hembra con el “sphragis” bien visible, cuyo tema ya he citado en alguna otra toma publicada.
En algunas especies, como Parnassius apollo y P. mnemosyne entre otras, los machos -tras la cópula- colocan a las hembras una sustancia que se solidifica denominada "sphragis", la cual tapa el acceso genital de la hembra de manera que impide el que se pueda aparear de nuevo con otro macho. Garantía de su estirpe?… En el momento de la puesta esa sustancia cede y permite la oviposición.
Abella - Laspaúles (Pirineo aragonés - España)
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Apollo.
The butterfly was recovering after a stormy night.
It is a female with the “sphragis” clearly visible, the subject of which I have already quoted in some other published shot.
In some species, such as Parnassius apollo and P. mnemosyne among others, the males - after the copulation - attach to the females a solidifying substance called "sphragis", which covers the female genital access in a way that prevents the can mate again with another male. Guarantee of its lineage?… At the time of laying this substance yields and allows oviposition.
Abella - Laspaúles (Aragonese Pyrenees - Spain)
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Apollon.
Le papillon se remettait d'une nuit d'orage.
C'est une femelle avec les «sphragis» clairement visibles, dont j'ai déjà cité le sujet dans un autre plan publié.
Chez certaines espèces, comme Parnassius apollo et P. mnemosyne entre autres, les mâles - après la copulation - attachent aux femelles une substance solidifiante appelée "sphragis", qui recouvre l'accès génital féminin d'une manière qui empêche la peut s'accoupler à nouveau avec un autre mâle. Garantie de sa lignée?… Au moment de la ponte, cette substance cède et permet la ponte.
Abella - Laspaúles (Pyrénées aragonaises - Espagne)
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Una de las grandes alegrías del pasado verano fue poder ver con asiduidad al fenómeno y fotografiarlo.
Tuve la suerte de ver cópulas y ouestas y este año esperamos ver el fruto de todo esto. El viernes pasado nos acercamos y ni rastro de bichos ...
En La Puça. Petrer (Alicante) España
One of the great joys of last summer was being able to see the phenomenon regularly and photograph it.
I was fortunate to see copulations and copulations and this year we hope to see the fruit of all this. Last Friday we got closer and not a trace of bugs ...
In La Puça. Petrer (Alicante) Spain
Photographed at Honeymoon Island State Park, Osprey Trail.
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Striped bugs (Graphosoma italicum) copulating on some umbel.
Strojnice włoskie (Graphosoma italicum) kopulujące na jakimś baldachu.
Landed right on her and they squeaked and carried on for close to 30 seconds before he got off and they sat at opposite ends of branches on the big tree.
I don't know how the females don't get injured ... maybe they do......those are big talons and he definitely was using them to hang on and stay in position....
They sat there for almost a full 5 minutes .... then, off he flew back to the nest and continued with his building...she stayed for about half an hour. Just sat there..... did some preening and picking at feathers ... then, off she finally flew to the nest as well.
(Please see the other two photos)
Bald Eagles
A pair of 3rd brood small copper butterflies mating in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham.
"Ducks in a row"
The Goldeneye male guards his mate while she lays 7 to 10 eggs, indicating that other males may attempt to copulate with her, but abandons her soon after clutch completion. [...] . The incubation period is about 30 days; the precocial young jump from the nest within two days of hatching and follow their "mother" to the water, which may be as much as two miles away. Females guard the young but do not feed them, and abandon them before they can fly. Broods often converge after abandonment or as a result of separation from their "mothers," which often, especially on small lakes, is the result of territorial disputes between females. The limited amount of parental care in ducks minimizes the energetic cost of raising others' young. Only about a third of young survive to flying age. (Comprehensive Guide to Boreal Birds)
Medioluto norteña
Cópula
Pirineo Aragonés - España
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Marbled White
Mating.
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Demi-deuil
En copulation.
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Hope I've got the identification of this Duck correct. Let me know if I made a mistake.
Male Redheads are a dapper mixture of cinnamon head, black breast and tail, and neat gray body. Females and immatures are a plain, mostly uniform brown. Redheads have black-tipped, gray bills, and in flight they show gray flight feathers.
Redheads flock together on lakes and other bodies of water but migrate in pairs, which are formed in December or January through elaborate courtship rituals. Unpaired redheads migrate together in a “courting party” that can be up to 25 individuals strong, enabling them to find a mate within the group.
The pair bonds are established yearly through a long courtship process. Males begin this process through neck-kinking and head throwing displays while emitting a cat-like call. If interested, the female produces inciting calls towards the male while performing alternate lateral and chin lifting movements. The male then swims ahead of her and turns the back of his head towards the female. Once courtship is finished, the two birds are paired for the year. The male initiates copulation by alternating bill dipping and preening dorsally towards the female, upon which the female may return to the male.
Redheads breed mainly in seasonal wetlands such as the prairie pothole region of the Midwest. In migration and winter they group into large flocks on the Gulf Coast, as well as along the Great Lakes and in lakes, reservoirs, bays, and along coastlines across the southern U.S.
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Hacía tiempo que no subía a mi galería a esta imponente libélula de abdomen grueso y plano, y que se encuentra localizada en pocos puntos de nuestra provincia y a cierta altitud.
En este caso se trata de un macho adulto que patrullaba incesantemente una pequeña balsa ubicada en la Font de la Mariola, próxima a la localidad de Alcoy, tratando de copular con la única hembra que se vio por allí, consiguiéndolo en varias ocasiones.
Del año pasado.
It has been a long time since I had seen this imposing dragonfly with a thick and flat abdomen, which is located in a few points in our province and at a certain altitude.
In this case it is an adult male who incessantly patrolled a small raft located in the Font de la Mariola, close to the town of Alcoy, trying to copulate with the only female that was seen there, succeeding on several occasions.
From last year.
A pair of marbled white butterflies mating on a knapweed flower in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve. Whilst this pair were copulating a rival male attempted to get in on the act! The amorous couple rebuffed his advances and after a couple of minutes flew away into a hawthorn bush!
What a thrilling and unexpected experience to hear the unusual calls of these two majestic eagles for the first time! Please click and watch the brief video I captured in the first comment below.
"For such a powerful bird, the Bald Eagle emits surprisingly weak-sounding calls—usually a series of high-pitched whistling or piping notes. The female may repeat a single, soft, high-pitched note that has been called 'unlike any other calls in nature'; apparently this signals her readiness for copulation." Google
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Parejita de Ischnura elegans (common Bluetail) copulando sobre uan ramita.
Captura realizada en una charca próxima a la ciudad de Alicante.
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.
También un apareamiento de O. brunneum hace que me tire al suelo porque esta especie, normalmente, lo suele hacer así.
No es muy prolongada la cópula y si no es por el azul del macho no se le ve.
Fotograma recortado un 8%
En la Puça. Petrer (Alicante) España
Also a mating of O. brunneum makes me throw myself to the ground because this species usually does it this way.
The copulation is not very long and if it is not for the blue of the male it is not seen.
Frame cut 8%
In the Puça. Petrer (Alicante) Spain
Este año hemos disfrutado de esta especie en el barranco denominado La Puça, hemos visto cópulas y puestas y al año que viene esperamos que su presencia sea tan importante como lo ha sido este.
Intentaremos seguir el paraje esperando ver alguna emergencia.
Fotograma recortado un 8% y adaptado a formato panorámico.
En la Puça. Petrer (Alicante) España
This year we have enjoyed this species in the ravine called La Puça, we have seen copulations and spawning and next year we hope that its presence will be as important as this one.
We will try to follow the place hoping to see an emergency.
Frame cropped by 8% and adapted to wide format.
In the Puça. Petrer (Alicante) Spain
A pair of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) during their multi-hour copulation.
Para kowali bezskrzydłych (Pyrrhocoris apterus) podczas swojej wielogodzinnej kopulacji.
Pair of red eyed damselflies mating. There were loads of damselflies by the new pond at Gloucester park at the weekend. So much so that it was difficult to get a clear shot of these two without another one flying into view!