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This mating pair of eared grebes was quite interesting to watch over the course of an hour or two. They had laid claim to this bed of matted reeds and chased off any other pairs that came to investigate. There was another reed platform nearby, and that was also part of their claimed territory.
Now, if you like grebe porn, this pair would give you a sensational show. They would pair up every 10 minutes or so, do their thing, then separate to do some displaying and preening. See a link in the comments section for a photo and description of that behaviour.
When about to mate, the female lies flat and the male approaches from behind and waddles up onto the female's back. After getting everything lined up, the actual copulation is quite quick. The male then waddles forward at an angle to dismount. Sometimes things don't quite work and and the male ends up straddling the neck & head of his lady friend, forcing it under the water. Not so elegant. This image shows the male about to step on her head to complete his ungainly dismount.
Purace, Cauca, Colombia.
The male Andean Condor arrived first then was joined by the female. We were fortunate to observe this courtship dance, and that ultimately led to copulation.
Scathophaga stercoraria ♂ (Diptera, Scathophagidae)
Orange Dung Fly
Orange Dungfliege
Orange Møgflue
Orange Dung Flies don't produce bullshit, but they live on it.
Others do both.
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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The Common Yellowthroat was first collected in what is now Maryland, and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1766, making it one of the first species of birds to be described from the New World.
Common Yellowthroats are monogamous within a breeding season and only infrequently will males have two mates in their territory. Females, however, are not faithful to their mates and often attract other males with their calls for extra-pair copulations.
Taken from www.tn.gov/twra/wildlife/birds/common-yellowthroat.html
The green-veined White (Pieris napi) is a widespread and common butterfly of the Pieridae family occurring throughout Europe, temperate Asia, and at high altitudes in the Atlas mountains of north Africa. It also occurs in North America where it is known as the Mustard White. Other less frequently used names for this butterfly are Green-veined White, Margin White, Microstriata White and Sharp-veined White.
At first glance this looks like a small white butterfly. On closer inspection, when it is resting, you can see the gray-green lines on the underside of the wings which give this butterfly its name. In both sexes, the upper surfaces of the wings are yellowish white and the forewings have blackish tips. Males have a central dark spot on the forewings, whereas females have two. The wingspan is approximately 45 mm.
The Green-veined White is found in damp, grassy places with some shade, forest edges, hedgerows, meadows and wooded river valleys. It is found from sea level to high elevations (3500 m).
This picture was taken in "De Passiflorahoeve" (Passiflorafarm) in Harskamp, the Netherlands.
Het klein geaderd witje (Pieris napi) is een dagvlinder uit de familie Pieridae, de witjes.
De vleugelspanwijdte is 4 tot 5,3 cm (gemiddeld 4,5 cm).
De grondkleur van de vleugels is wit. Op de onderzijde is de ondervleugel en de vleugelpunt van de voorvleugel soms geel. De aders zijn aan de onderkant van de vleugels groengrijs bestoven. Dit is echter in de zomer aanzienlijk minder duidelijk dan in het voorjaar. De soort is dan niet makkelijk te onderscheiden van het klein koolwitje, die ook net zo groot is. Aan de bovenzijde van de voorvleugel heeft het mannetje een zwartige stip, het vrouwtje twee. De vlek aan de vleugelpunt (apex) is gelobd, en loopt naar beneden toe druppelsgewijs af.
Het klein geaderd witje komt grofweg op heel het noordelijk halfrond voor; Europa, Azië, Noord-Amerika en noordelijk Afrika.
De vlinder vliegt van zeeniveau tot 3500 meter in berggebieden. Dit witje komt voor in veel habitattypen en landschappen. Het kan worden aangetroffen in open en meer gesloten landschappen op allerlei typen van graslanden en heiden. Het mag echter niet te droog zijn. In Nederland en België is de soort zeer algemeen.
Deze foto is gemaakt in de vlindervolière voor Europese vlindersoorten (kwekerij Europese vlinders) van zorgboerderij De Passiflorahoeve bij Harskamp op de Veluwe tussen Ede en Apeldoorn. Info: www.passiflorahoeve.nl/
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Esta pareja de I.elegans (cópula) ha comenzado con sus tareas reproductivas nada mas notar los primeros calores del mes de abril.
Captura realizada en una charca próxima a la ciudad de Alicante.
This couple of I.elegans (copulation) has started with their reproductive tasks as soon as they notice the first heat of the month of April.
Capture made in a pond near the city of Alicante.
Little dragon copulation was thriving at Lakenheath Fen in July. The sun was very strong during the buzz of activity, but I was quite pleased with the way it brought out this pair's iridescence
Ophrys ficalhoana is an orchid native to some regions of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. The genus Ophrys is referred to as "bee orchids" due to the flowers of some species resemblance to the furry bodies of bees and other insects. Orchids of the genus Ophrys use sexual deception to attract pollinators to their flowers. In sexual deception, an orchid attracts male pollinators by producing the sex pheromone of virgin female pollinators in addition to providing visual and tactile cues which stimulate mating behavior in the male pollinators. They then attempt copulation, called “pseudocopulation”, with the orchid labellum. I was delighted to find some species of this fascinating genus while hiking in the mountains of Andalusia. This video gives some insight into sexual deception in bee orchids: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmI-rJuYAjw
Immediately after copulation, the American Avocets stood side to side and cross bills. The male also has his wing draped over the back of the female.
North of Edmonton. Late afternoon. Heavily cropped.
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Japanese Beetles mate in a vineyard in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Possibly they'd earlier participated in the vineyard's winery tour :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 100, f/8.0, 145mm, 1/160s
El macho agarrará a la hembra y se mantendrá en tándem hasta que ella acceda a unir las genitalias (queriendo o sin querer) y procederán a la cópula. Por lo observado, ésta puede tener una duración de más de diez minutos y acto seguido, en tándem, se dirigirán a las zonas de puesta.
Fotograma recortado un 3%
En el Coto. Villena (Alicante) España
The male will grab the female and remain in tandem until she agrees to unite the genitalia (willingly or unwillingly) and they will proceed with copulation. From what has been observed, this can last for more than ten minutes and then, in tandem, they will go to the laying areas.
Frame cut by 3%
In el Coto. Villena (Alicante) Spain
Lestes sponsa, is a damselfly, with a wide Palaearctic distribution. It is known commonly as the emerald damselfly or common spreadwing. Both males and females have a metallic green colour and when resting its wings are usually half opened.
One of the larger damselflies, this species is most common in July and August. It is often found by ponds and lakes, and is very rarely seen along flowing water. Emerald Damselflies like to perch among reeds, their colour providing good camouflage. They are not as strong fliers when compared to other common damselflies such as the common blue or large red damselflies, but they are more likely to be seen on misty, rainy days then those species. When disturbed they usually do not fly very far away, landing on another perch a few yards away. Their habit of perching with their wings half open is characteristic of the family Lestidae and gives rise to their other common name of spreadwings. A population can consist of several hundred insects.
L. sponsa mate in the usual dragonfly manner and will form tandem pairs away from water. Copulation lasts from 30–60 minutes and after mating they stay paired for egg-laying. The female usually lays eggs in submerged vegetation and whilst egg-laying the female can remain submerged for 30 min. The female pierces the tissue of aquatic plants and inserts her eggs. Occasionally females lay their eggs in vegetation above the water surface in places that will become submerged when the water level rises. The eggs start to develop and will continue to develop for the next few weeks. Then due to changing environmental conditions the development of the eggs slows down. In this state of slow development, called diapause the eggs overwinter. L. sponsa is an obligatory univoltine species.
The prolarva stage hatches from the egg in spring. This is a specialised short lived stage often lasting only minutes. The prolarva has no limbs and cannot feed but it can move by jumping or wriggling and if a prolarva is not in water when it hatches it will move about until water is found. Once in water the prolarva molt to the second stadia stage. The larvae are active and actively hunt prey leading to rapid larval growth. The larvae molt from one stadia to the next until growth is complete; in dragonflies the larval stages are the only stages where growth occurs. The number of stadia is not fixed and in good conditions the last larval stage, called F-0 can be reached in as little as 8 weeks.
The adults emerge in July and are on the wing until September. Adults are not sexually mature when they emerge and need a week or more, depending on conditions, before they can breed. In L.sponsa in Japan the length of the summer maturation period is correlated with temperature and lasts on average 20 days in the north where it is cooler up to 120 days in the hotter south. This stops egg laying early in summer, which could lead to egg not entering diapause and hatching in autumn. This would disrupt the normal cycle as larva hatched in autumn would not survive the winter.
Photography is a kind of overstatement, a heroic copulation with the material world
Susan SontagOn Photography
Discusión / discussion [Esp. /Eng]
Las luces altas están sobreexpuestas pero manteniendo un mínimo de textura (se puede apreciar la señalización horizontal del asfalto de Pº Echagaray, un pié de árbol...), y las bajas están retocadas para eliminar cualquier detalle y convertir los diferentes planos en un puro elemento geométrico, retocando puntualmente la curva de luminancia para conseguir destacar el pequeño graffiti. El cut-out (desaturado selectivo) es obvio, y como Todd Ye comenta, busca destacar la combinación rojo-negro deliberadamente, haciendo un guiño a los colores anarquistas. La basculación del encuadre se apoya en un punto áureo (vértice del triángulo gris inferior izquierdo, que "apunta" al graffiti, para que gane relevancia). He buscado provocar una sensación de frialdad geométrica e inhumana, descuido urbano, la ciudad como escenario inhóspito en el que las cuentas mal pagadas del sistema se reflejan en graffitis que intentan marcar territorio "humano".
The highlights are overexposed while retaining a minimum structure and detail (see the arrows on the traffic lanes, the base of a tree...). The lowlights are worked to remove any detail and turn every plane into a single geometric element, touching the luminance curve to enhance the small graffiti. The cut-out is obvious, and as T.ye points out, it deliberately looks for enhancing the red-black combo, winking at the anarchist colors. The pitch of the frame relies on an aureal point (the vertex of the grey triangle at the bottom left corner, which points out to the graffiti to highlight its presence). I've tried to convey a feeling of a cold and inhuman geometry, urban negligence, the city as a bleak stage where the graffitis mirrors the system's debts, pretending to stak a claim over a human territory.
Antes y después de la cópula se producen situaciones como ésta.
Imagen recortada un 8%.
Tomada en el Coto. Villena (Alicante) España.
Before and after copulation situations like this occur.
Image cut by 8%.
Taken in El Coto. Villena (Alicante) Spain.
Detalle de la cópula de Enallagma cyathigerum captado con la ayuda de la lente de Raynox 150.
Tumbado y prácticamente encima de ellos, sin inmutarse.
Fotograma completo, sin recortes.
Tomada en el Coto. Villena (Alicante) España
Detail of the Enallagma cyathigerum copulation captured with the help of the Raynox 150 lens.
Lying and practically on top of them, without flinching.
Full frame, without cuts.
Taken in El Coto. Villena (Alicante) Spain
Bad hair day!
249) Asian OpenBilled Stork
Asian Openbill, Asian Openbill Stork, Anastomus oscitans,
This distinctive stork is found mainly in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is greyish or white with glossy black wings and tail and the adults have a gap between the arched upper mandible and recurved lower mandible. Although resident within their range, they make long distance movements in response to weather and food availability. The Asian openbill like many other storks forages at wetlands, reaching them by flying with wing flapping interspersed with gliding. During the warmer part of the day, they also soar on thermals and have a habit of descending rapidly into their feeding areas. Groups may forage together in close proximity in shallow water or marshy ground on which they may walk with a slow and steady gait. The Asian openbill feeds mainly on large molluscs, especially Pila species, and they separate the shell from the body of the snail using the tip of the beak. The tip of the lower mandible of the beak is often twisted to the right. This tip is inserted into the opening of the snail and the body is extracted with the bill still under water. Like other storks, they are silent except for clattering produced by the striking of the male's bill against that of the female during copulation.
427) Malayan Peacock Pheasant
Malayan peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron malacense, Merak Pongsu
This is one of the shortest-tailed peacock-pheasants. Adult males are about 50 cm long, about half of which is made up by the tail. The female is slightly smaller than the male, with a noticeably shorter tail. A shy and elusive bird, the Malay peacock-pheasant is endemic to lowland forests of the Peninsular Malaysia from the Isthmus of Kra region southwards. Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size and limited range, the Malayan peacock-pheasant is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, meaning that its numbers have declined about two-thirds in the last decade or so, and that this trend is expected to last for another decade at least. It is listed on CITES Appendix II. The mating season is not well resolved; recently used nests have been found in March, April and August. Breeding activity may in fact occur essentially all year round (as in many lowland rainforest birds), triggered by abundance of mast rather than by a fixed circannual rhythm. Males scrape the debris and leaf litter off their display sites in forest clearings, from where they maintain vocal contact with their mate and progeny. They adopt various highly stereotyped and ritualised postures and associated plumage displays, which reveal prominent ocelli on remiges and rectrices. These behaviors are likewise used in self-defense. When utilised in pair-bonding behavior copulation may occur subsequent to lateral displays. Anterior displays are also performed which may include curious clicking and vibrating pulsations of feather quills created via stridulation.
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The common blue (Polyommatus icarus) is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. (Left female, right male)
The butterfly can be found in Europe, North Africa, the Canary Islands, and temperate Asia to Northern China.
The common blue is the most widespread of the blue butterflies.
It is found in a variety of habitats including heathland, woodland rides, grassy meadows, parks and even large gardens.
The common blue has a wingspan of 25 - 36 millimetres.
Males are slightly larger than females.
There a great difference between the male and female in this species. The upper side of the wings of the males is an iridescent lilac blue with a thin black-brown border and a white fringe.
The upper side of the females' wings are brown with a row of orange-red spots along the edges of the wings and usually some blue at the base. The extent of blue and brown is extremely variable depending on location.
The underside has a grayish base color in the males and a more brownish hue in the females. Both sexes have a row of red spots along the edge of the hindwing and extending onto the forewing, though they are generally fainter there, particularly in the males, where they are sometimes missing altogether.
Het icarusblauwtje (Polyommatus icarus) is een kleine vlinder uit de familie Lycaenidae. (Links vrouwtje, rechts mannetje).
De vlinder is te vinden in heel Europa, Noord-Afrika, de Canarische eilanden, en gematigd Azië tot in Japan. In Nederland en België is de soort zeer algemeen en het meest voorkomende blauwtje.
Het icarusblauwtje heeft een spanwijdte van 25 à 36 mm.
De mannetjes zijn vaak iets groter dan de vrouwtjes.
De geslachten verschillen in uiterlijk ook sterk van elkaar.
De vleugels van de mannetjes zijn aan de bovenzijde egaal blauw.
De vrouwtjes zijn van boven bruingekleurd met een rij oranjerode vlekjes. De vrouwtjes hebben aan de bovenzijde vaak ook wat blauw aan de basis. De hoeveelheid van het bruin en blauw is variabel en afhankelijk van de locatie.
Door de bruine bovenkant worden de vrouwtjes soms aangezien voor een bruin blauwtje (Aricia agestis).
De onderkant heeft een grijsachtige basiskleur bij de mannetjes en een meer bruinachtige tint bij de vrouwtjes.
Beide geslachten hebben een rij rode vlekken langs de rand van de achtervleugel. Op de voorvleugel zijn deze vlekken zwakker, vooral bij de mannetjes, waar ze soms helemaal ontbreken.
Het icarusblauwtje vliegt van begin mei tot begin oktober in twee, soms drie overlappende generaties.
Het vlindertje komt voor in allerlei kruidenrijke vegetaties, als graslanden, braakliggende terreinen, parken, wegbermen en dijken.
Deze opname is gemaakt in de Europese volière van zorgboerderij www.passiflorahoeve.nl bij Harskamp op de Veluwe.
Europese en uitheemse vlinders worden daar gekweekt.
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Pair of sacred kingfishers. Must have been in the early stage of courtship, and they did not visit a nest hollow in the hour or more I stayed there. There was one unsuccessful attempt at copulation.
Callum Brae, ACT, November, 2013.
A pair of common blue butterflies mating in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham. The female is the browner fresher looking specimen and the male the greyer faded specimen on the end of the blade of grass.
Los apareamientos de esta especie se suelen ver con frecuencia durante el otoño en este paraje.
Sabremos que es striolatum principalmente por los colores de los ojos y del tórax, en cuanto al macho. Las tomas de cópula y claramente en este caso nos muestran las diferencias cromáticas entre macho y hembra.
Fotograma completo y adaptado a formato panorámico.
En la Fuente del Chopo. Villena (Alicante) España
Mating of this species is often seen during the fall in this area.
We will know that it is striolatum mainly by the colors of the eyes and thorax, as for the male. The copulation shots clearly show us in this case the chromatic differences between male and female.
Full frame and adapted to panoramic format.
At the Chopo Fountain. Villena (Alicante) Spain
This is a Mediterranean wild orchid called Ophrys speculum, the mirror orchid. It is pollinated exclusively by the wasp Dasyscolia ciliata, meaning it cannot reproduce in the absence of this species. Like many other orchids, it attracts pollinators through sexual mimicry, inducing the male wasps to copulate with its female-mimicking flowers.
Flower 20/100 for the project "100 flowers 2025"
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
I watched several of these mating rituals carried out on a pond where Avocets and Black-necked Stilts mate and build their nests. The rituals usually begin with the female adopting this "Solicitation Posture." While she's in that position, the male moves around her, splashes water, and preens himself. This part of the process continues for about a minute.
Puestas de Platycnemis latipes (White Featherleg) en el rio Cabriel, cerca del pantano de Contreras (Valencia/Cuenca).
Gracias a todos los que han visitado, comentado y marcado como favorita alguna de mis anteriores fotos.
Previo a la cópula el macho de Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis revolotea haciendo filigranas con las alas y levanta su abdomen para mostrar ese color púrpura tan llamativo. Es una escena frecuente de ver, no así la cópula.
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Prior to copulation, the male Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis flutters around in filigree fashion with its wings and lifts its abdomen to reveal its striking purple colour. This is a frequent sighting scene, but not copulation.
Sometimes you can be lucky. I was following a couple copulating in mid-flight when they stopped on a flower which had already another butterfly (another specie). A few seconds to shot through my glasses full of sweat.
A veces la suerte se pone de tu lado.
Perseguía a la pareja de blanquitas mientras copulaban en vuelo... y con los posaderos que tenían fueron a parar al que ya tenía "habitante".
Unos pocos segundos para arrodillarme y disparar a través de las gotas de sudor que empañaban mis gafas.
Mélitée noirâtre : False Heath Fritillary : Melitaea diamina
photograhed in the Hautes Pyrenees... elevation 1400m.
Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) copulating on a leaf.
Biedronki siedmiokropki (Coccinella septempunctata) kopulujące na liściu.
Envergure de 46 à 60 mm. Il vole en une seule génération de mi-juin à début août.
Merci à tous pour vos visites, favoris et commentaires
Thanks you all for your visits, faves and comments
White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides), Chobe National Park, Botswana, March 2023.
The species is widely distributed in sub-equatorial Africa. Hunts mainly from lower levels of trees and tall shrubs in bushy grassland. Most pairs staying together for life, taking on helpers in some years or themselves helping to rear close relatives’ young in others. 60% of breeding pairs have 1–5 helpers, these being yearlings or experienced past breeders, which help with excavation, incubation, brood-feeding, and defence of nest and feeding territory; 3–4 pairs with helpers comprise a clan, members of which are related and freely visit each other’s burrows, but repel attempts by non-members to enter burrows. During its lifetime, individual can change roles between breeding and helping several times. Most helpers are male and males spend better part of day at colony, protecting female from enforced copulation by other males. Species is common and widespread, not globally threatened; (Birds of the world).
249) Asian OpenBilled Stork
Asian Openbill, Asian Openbill Stork, Anastomus oscitans,
This distinctive stork is found mainly in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is greyish or white with glossy black wings and tail and the adults have a gap between the arched upper mandible and recurved lower mandible. Although resident within their range, they make long distance movements in response to weather and food availability. The Asian openbill like many other storks forages at wetlands, reaching them by flying with wing flapping interspersed with gliding. During the warmer part of the day, they also soar on thermals and have a habit of descending rapidly into their feeding areas. Groups may forage together in close proximity in shallow water or marshy ground on which they may walk with a slow and steady gait. The Asian openbill feeds mainly on large molluscs, especially Pila species, and they separate the shell from the body of the snail using the tip of the beak. The tip of the lower mandible of the beak is often twisted to the right. This tip is inserted into the opening of the snail and the body is extracted with the bill still under water. Like other storks, they are silent except for clattering produced by the striking of the male's bill against that of the female during copulation.
Tiada nama tempatan untuk spesis ini. Ia sejenis Stork dengan ciri unik paruh dengan bukaan memberinya nama Openbill. Terdapat di India hingga Asia Tenggara. Seperti Stork yang lain ia hidup berkumpulan dan mencari makan di kawasan berair. Terdapat di bahagian utara Semenanjung tetapi ada juga direkod sehingga Putrajaya.
France; Brenne, Cherine 15/1/19. Copulation! A group of twelve here since mid-November must give hope to future breeding in the Brenne.
En nuestro último periplo por tierras conquenses y gracias a la inestimable labor de Jesús Evangelio pudimos añadir nuevas especies en nuestra colección de odonatos.
En este caso un macho de Sympetrum flaveolum fotografiado en las inmediaciones del nacimiento del rio Cuervo.
La hembra sola no se dejó ver pero si que pillamos la cópula.
In our last journey through Cuenca and thanks to the invaluable work of Jesús Evangelio we were able to add new species to our collection of odonata.
In this case, a male of Sympetrum flaveolum photographed in the vicinity of the source of the Cuervo River.
The female alone was not seen but we did catch copulation.
Pair of common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) copulating on a thistle flower.
Para zmięków żółtych (Rhagonycha fulva) kopulujących na kwiecie ostrożenia.
Esta especie tuve la suerte de poder verla la pasada temporada, un amigo nos llevo al lugar donde podia estar, Y aunque no estaban en un gran número pudimos verlas incluso en cópula como en la imagen que subo.
Siempre es una alegria ver una libélula nueva.
I was lucky enough to see this species last season, a friend took us to the place where it could be, and although they were not in large numbers we could see them even in copulation as in the image that I upload.
It is always a joy to see a new dragonfly.