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At some point during their union the male was half eaten, leaving his abdomen attached to the female.
Black Saddlebags in wheel (copulation), male above.
NC, New Hanover Co., Wilmington, Airlie Gardens; 12 September 2014.
Canon 7D camera and Canon 70-300 mm L lens.
Each time that a female bee approached a plant, the male would either drive it away or if it lit, would immediately seize it as above. Thus I was not able to get a decent photo of the female but in this photo one can see the broad yellow abdominal bands of the female. The males have three thorns at the apex of their abdomens which they use as weapons to defend their territory. Nancy watched two males locked together rolling over on the ground. No damage was done as they both flew away. Very pugnacious critters. These bees are especially attracted to Hyssop & in this case to Anise Hyssop. Since those plants are usually found in gardens it may be this has helped their quick spread across the continent.
交接中, During copulation,
ワモンダコ, Big Blue Octopus, Octopus cyanea,
ハタンポ穴, Sweeper's Hole,
ヒリゾ浜, Beach HIRIZO,
南伊豆, South IZU,
ヒリゾ浜スキンダイビングツアー, HIRIZO Beach Skindiving Tour,
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NIKON 1 J4
NIKON 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 PD-ZOOM
NIKON ウォータープルーフケース WP-N3
INON 水中ストロボ D-2000 Type4
EpoqueWorld 水中ライト EL-1000 A105
INON ワイドコンバージョンレンズ UWL-H100 28M67 type2
The BH gulls, approx 10 of them, taking an interest in the tern platform. This pair were continually nestling up to each other on one of the perches and even attempting, unsuccessfully, to mate.
交尾, Copulation,
コチドリ, Little ringed plover,
東京港野鳥公園,
TOKYO PORT WILD BIRD PARK,
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CANON EOS R10
CANON マウントアダプター EF-EOS R
SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary
SIGMA TELE CONVERTER TC-1401
Two Great Blue Herons were copulating when two other males decided to join the party, much to the chagrin of the original male. The poor female is at the bottom of the tangle
David et Goliath, version des chiens !.....
Un peu trop gourmand le petit ! .............
Genre de photo ou il faut avoir son appareille photo près à déclencher !
Et , cela, je ne l'avait pas vu sur le moment, mais ils sont juste devant une gaine de remplissage !...........................................
C'est la magie de la photographie !
These flies have "stilt" legs to make themselves look larger, possibly for intimidation purposes. Stilt-legged flies have the tendency to raise its forelegs to mimic wasp antennae, an act of defensive mimicry.
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After copulating with the corpse the male vigorously attacked the body by pecking, kicking and yanking the head up.
(Anas platyrhynchos) Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.
(Continued from Wikipedia):
...This group [of unpaired drakes] sometimes targets an isolated female duck, even one of a different species, and proceeds to chase and peck at her until she weakens, at which point the males take turns copulating with the female. Lebret (1961) calls this behaviour 'Attempted Rape Flight' and Cramp & Simmons (1977) speak of 'rape-intent flights.'
Male mallards also occasionally chase other male ducks of a different species, and even each other, in the same way. In one documented case of "homosexual necrophilia", a male mallard copulated with another male he was chasing after the chased male died upon flying into a glass window. This paper was awarded with an Ig Nobel Prize in 2003.”