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I have been asked for these a number of times, so here is one picture of a pair "in the act". They are majestic animals, and a lot of joy to be with. Now these guys grow fast, much quicker than most people think!
Andean Anole, Anolis gemmosus, copulating pair.
Mindo, west slope of Andes, Ecuador
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Male and female walking sticks copulating. Smaller male is on top. While on a bird walk I came across this pair of walking sticks. Have they NO SHAME?
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 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.
Captive Herps. Both are large/good examples of Rubber Boas
Female;
Length: 29" Weight: 217g
Male;
Length: 18" Weight: 57g
Last year when I had my female well power fed for breeding, though I started too late in the season, she was almost a massive 300g (I believe 280 something grams)!
Mating pair of Andrena mining bees on a celandine flower in my local churchyard today. I think this may be Andrena nitida but as always, I'm very pleased to be corrected!
What this image does show is sexual dimorphism, characteristic of many solitary bee species. The male here (as in many species) is smaller and slimmer. Also has thicker and paler facial hairs.
Pair copulating in the wheel position at Paxton Pits, Cambridgeshire. The male captured the female in flight and I was delighted when the pair then hung up only feet away from my position on the bank.
Breeding:
Lions have very high copulation rates. The female may mate approximately every 15 minutes when she is in heat for three days and nights without sleeping, and sometimes with five different males. This often leads to physical exhaustion of males when only a one or two are involved.
The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. The commonly used term African lion collectively denotes the several subspecies in Africa.
Lions are the only cats that live in groups, which are called prides. Prides are family units that may include up to three males, a dozen or so females, and their young. All of a pride's lionesses are related, and female cubs typically stay with the group as they age. Young males eventually leave and establish their own prides by taking over a group headed by another male.
Lion Prides and Hunting:
Only male lions boast manes, the impressive fringe of long hair that encircles their heads. Males defend the pride's territory, which may include some 100 square miles (259 square kilometers) of grasslands, scrub, or open woodlands. These intimidating animals mark the area with urine, roar menacingly to warn intruders, and chase off animals that encroach on their turf.
Female lions are the pride's primary hunters. They often work together to prey upon antelopes, zebras, wildebeest, and other large animals of the open grasslands. Many of these animals are faster than lions, so teamwork pays off.
After the hunt, the group effort often degenerates to squabbling over the sharing of the kill, with cubs at the bottom of the pecking order. Young lions do not help to hunt until they are about a year old. Lions will hunt alone if the opportunity presents itself, and they also steal kills from hyenas or wild dogs.
St. Louis
A few articles on cliff swallow behavior, particularly this extra pair copulation:
www.10000birds.com/why-do-cliff-swallows-flutter-their-wi...
thebirdersreport.com/wild-birds/bird-sightings/cliff-swal...
Before they copulate, the male and the female damselfly spend a considerable amount of time in physical contact with one another. This is accomplished by the male clasping the female's thorax with terminal appendages at the end of his abdomen.
A quick grab shot at 624mm equivalent hand held.
Hebden Bridge: It's That Sort of Place
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A group of us were photographing a pair of cooperative oystercatchers on the beaches of Fort DeSoto in Florida when what i realized was the female positioned herself as you see above.
I just about stained my underware when i fathomed what was about to happen. I had a teleconverter on my lens and no time to move back to allow enough room to compose a good mating image.
Right after i shot this image i tore off the teleconverter with reckless abandon hoping like hell to get a good mating image!
I found a patch of grass with more than a dozen mantis in a 20' square area, including at least three mating pairs.