House Fly

Finland

Si quelqu'un connait le nom de cet étrange insecte ...

Accouplement d'orthetrum à stylets blancs

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...

Copulating.

Back Yard Birds,

Headed down to the RSPB Fowlmere site today and had a great time. Saw lots of dragonflies, although only the darters were being kind enough to approach. This pair were swinging around in the reeds, but I managed a couple of good shots.

日月潭的蝴蝶園拍的～

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Copulating pair of Emerald Damselflies (Vanlig metallvannymfe / Lestes sponsa) from Funkelia (Kongsberg, Norway).

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Part of set Vanlig metallvannymfe (Lestes sponsa)

This view shows their preferred position, my previous shot was rotated in an attempt to show it from an "upright" view.

A rather randy female seal continues to pester her mate for some more action in the surf

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Copulating Mississippi Kites.

St. David, AZ.

6-16-10

Photo By: Ned Harris

northern watersnakes gettin' busy. great meadows nwr.

The area was busy busy busy with the sounds and sights of reproduction. Here a pair of Rosellas making babies.

acrylic on board, spring 2005

afrique, africa, kenya, massai mara, lions, copulation, amour, love,

Copulation in public Tut Tut

copulating while incubating while young look on

There are several species of Meadowhawk native to Minnesota.

Male and female, copulation

Grey Wagtails, getting busy. Hamersmith, England 3/31/07

Suburban Alice Springs this afternoon. Never mind that this was the 19th copulation I have witnessed between them this breeding season ... phew!

Crane Swan Copulation by me

Folded with 25cm x 25cm Alu - Bastelfoille

This is actually Satoshi Kamiya's Splash but the finished model is then folded into a crane, with this unexpected result

At the Pismo Butterfly Gardens a male Monarch copulating with mate

Mating on the RSPB Lodge pond in 'copulation wheel'

1/500sec, ƒ/6.3, ISO 140, 450 mm, Ausschnitt 1:1, Seitenverhältnis 5:2

Probably Azure damselflies, but was unable to confirm the species. Seen on Coward's Marsh, Christchurch, Dorset

Bernaches du Canada, 16 avril 08

I was fortunate to witness these spiders mating. The female is on top. You can see the male sex organ called the pedipalp depositing semen into the epigynal opening of the female. I would like to know the species. I think that it is a Tetragnatha demissa or Long-jawed spider. They live on reeds on our dam and flatten their bodies against the reeds when threatened. For a closer view see next upload.

..oui, je sais encore! que voulez vous, je dois les attirer...mais ce coup ci c'est une autre espèce!

The gospel according to Brian O'Blivion - Laser 3.14 show

@ Chiellerie Amsterdam 8 - 13 november 2008, open 2pm - 6pm

www.chiellerie.nl

.. and reaches the leaf . The male is now attached and buzzes helplessly.

After the copulation , the queen will live and have her wasp colony . The "lucky" male will die .

... und erreicht das Blatt. Das Männchen hängt nun hilflos an der Königin und schwirrt wild mit den Flügeln.

Nach dieser Paarung wird die Königin ihren Wespenstaat gründen und weiterleben. Das Männchen hingegen wird sterben .

A pair of tricolored herons immediately following copulation.

Scarce Chaser - in copulation

No don't get too excited. It's not that x-rated!!!

Nearly every flower I passed had couples "at it"

Eastern Tailed-Blues (Cupido comyntas) mating.

Ken Reid Conservation Area, Sturgeon Lake, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.

July 22, 2013.

I'm not 100% sure why this genus is called "Cupido", but I'm beginning to think I get it...

From Dictionary.com:

Latin "Cupīdō" Cupid, the personification of cupīdō desire, love, equivalent to cup ( ere ) to long for, desire + -īdō noun suffix (cf. libido)

I don't often post photos in this resolution, but thought I'd make an exception this time. :-)

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