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Pseudo-copulation. This flower is being pollinated by an Ichneumon Wasp. The Orchid releases a scent which mimics the pheromones of the female Wasp. The male comes along and "assumes the position" and mates with the flower. In so doing, it will either collect pollen from the flower, or deposit pollen which it has already received from another flower. This process is called "pseudo-copulation". It happened so quickly that I could barely snap the photo, so it is a poor image, unfortunately. But it is rare to capture it at all.
The amazing thing is that I witnessed it four times in three days (in two different cities). No wonder there are so many of the things...
Well, believe it or not, I tried to limit these a bit. This is my set from Lyon, France. (go on, view the slideshow... it'll be fun!). It's a bit scattered again, but hopefully you'll enjoy!
交尾中？, During copulation?,
ドロメ, Forktongue goby,
梶の浜ビーチ, Beach KAJINOHAMA,
城ヶ島, JOGASHIMA Island,
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. #nikon #jogashima #snorkeling
NIKON 1 J4 + 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 PD-ZOOM + WP-N3
Crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) from Guangxi Daguishan Crocodile Lizard National Nature Reserve, China.
Just a change of scenery from Peering Provocatively While Pondering...this is my sis by the way. She's a Chemical Engineer.
Read the blog post about this: www.wildchildtales.com/2019/03/08/censored-stalker/
- Back yard, Austin, TX
Donner Party Camp Trail, Highway 89 / Nevada County, California
Credit has to be given to Leslie Flint as she told me 2 years ago that she had seen and photographed this species along the 1/3 mile trail. There are 2 locations along this trail that have a very small stream that bisects the trail. I found these damsels at the second small stream which is just south of the Donner Party campsite near a large dead tree and I was surprised at how small these damsels are and the difference in flight which is short and rapid. This is another lifer for me.
L. depressa is a simultaneous hermaphrodite and copulation is by mutual hypodermic impregnation. There is no female opening to accept the penis. The sharp, curved stylet at the tip of the penis (1) punctures the body wall of its mate to allow injection of sperm.
Full SPECIES DESCRIPTION: flic.kr/p/2m8Zxvf
Sets of OTHER SPECIES:
Family: Cantharidae
A female C. decipiens (dark mark on pronotum) was placed in close proximity to male C. cryptica for the purpose of a comparitive photo. Upon approach by the male, the female retreated swiftly. This was repeated. When the male was placed nearby for the third time, he swiftly grabbed his target and attempted to mate. After several attempts over approximately three minutes, he successfully inserted his genitalia.
As of three hours after copulation, the pair remain interlocked. It appears the male is unable to release. Update: Overnight beetles separated.
C. cryptica 8mm, C. decipiens marginally smaller. Both specimens collected with a sweep net from low vegetation, on opposite sides of the River Avon.
Maybe not the most compositionally sound photograph ever taken, but there's something remarkably, unmistakably and yet inexplicably magnetic about the image. When I saw this, my level of tourism satisfaction was compound. Interesting side note: I had this picture up on Flickr for 3 days and it quickly eclipsed all of my other photos (even those that have been up for months) as the most viewed image. It also, incidentally, is the only photograph with the word "copulation" in the title
Migration, copulation and pollination provide the themes for this week’s Crete Nature Blog: cretenature.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/sun-sex-and-sandpipers...