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Sarcophaga spec. ♀♂ (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)
Flesh Flies ......... flying in copula
Fleischfliegen ... fliegend in Kopula
Kødfluer .............. flyver i parring
Köttflugor ........... flyger i parning
Even aerodynamics of a single insect in flight is very complicated and I always wonder how two actively flying flies manage to coordinate their efforts.
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Fly Orchid / ophrys insectifera. Homefield Wood, Buckinghamshire. 01/06/18.
A Fly Orchid in nice fresh condition with lots of growing still ahead of it. The image was made in the morning before the sun had reached it to dry off the tiny droplets of dew.
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NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
One firebug basks on a leaf in the Autumn sun :)
The firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae, about 1 cm. long. Firebugs generally mate in April and May. Their diet consists primarily of seeds from lime trees and mallows. They can often be found in groups near the base of lime tree trunks, on the sunny side. They can be seen in tandem formation when mating which can take from 12 hours up to 7 days. The long period of copulating is probably used by the males as a form of ejaculate-guarding under high competition with other males.
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Kowal bezskrzydły wygrzewający się w jesiennym słonku :)
Kowal bezskrzydły, kowal dwuplamek (Pyrrhocoris apterus) – gatunek pluskwiaka z rodziny kowalowatych, pospolity w Polsce. Osiąga długość około 1 cm. Często pojawia się w dużych gromadach u podstawy pni drzew liściastych, szczególnie lipy. Jest gatunkiem zazwyczaj nieszkodliwym dla środowiska, choć może uszkadzać młode drzewka w szkółkach i wyrządzać szkody w winnicach. Wczesną wiosną owady te budzą się i gromadzą w nasłonecznionych miejscach. Ich kopulacja trwa długo – często ponad 12 godzin, niekiedy nawet do 7 dni. W jej trakcie samiec i samica często poruszają się sczepione odwłokami. Z tego powodu kowale bezskrzydłe bywają popularnie nazywane tramwajami.
La avispa no paró de molestar a esta cópula de Anax parthenope hasta que les hizo soltarse.
The wasp did not stop bothering this copulating Anax parthenope until it made them release their hold.
Pair of common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) copulating on some yellow umbellifer.
Para zmięków żółtych (Rhagonycha fulva) spółkujących na jakimś żółtym baldaszkowatym.
A pair of common blues mating on some birdsfoot trefoil in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham.
Tiny flies flying in copula, body length of the female 4.5mm
Calliopum aeneum / simillimum ♂♀ (Diptera, Lauxaniidae)
Lauxaniid Flies
Faulfliegen
Løvfluer
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Anna’s hummingbirds are not very social, aggressively defending territories and frequently conflicting with each other. Males and females only come together to copulate.
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Kingfishers exhibit a fascinating courtship display that includes courtship feeding. The male brings a fish as a gift to the female and presents it with a bow. This courtship display is an important part of the pair bond and also serves as a means of mutual assessment. Copulation often follows.
Eisvögel zeigen ein faszinierendes Balzverhalten, das eine Balzfütterung beinhaltet. Das Männchen bringt dem Weibchen einen Fisch als Geschenk und überreicht ihn mit einer Verbeugung. Diese Balzfütterung ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Paarbindung und dient auch der gegenseitigen Beurteilung. Oft kommt es anschließend zur Kopulation.
A copulating pair of Chalk-Hill Blues photographed just before they separated at a site in Bedfordshire.
A feast of Marbles Whites today at one of my local patch sites in Northwest Leicestershire.
They were everywhere 100's of them,
I don't have any shots of mating so when I saw a pair I concentrated on them ignoring other shots, returning to them when I had enough shots.
Walking up to the lower sunny banks still surrounded by MW's and even more on the sunny bank where I spotted another mating pair so I had the opportunity to take my time already having shots in the can.
I even had time for a 4K video
They use vibration
To make communication
For copulation
"Research has shown that treehoppers use vibrations to attract mates, to announce the discovery of a good feeding site, or to alert a defending mother to the approach of a predator (T.IM)."
Amata nigriceps mating pair with white tipped antennae clearly seen. Male wingspan 30mm, female 25mm.
These dynamic and beautiful little moths can be found from Queensland down through New South Wales.
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A "Sheep Shit Shot" dedicated to my friend Conall:
Scathophaga stercoraria ♂ ♀ (Diptera, Scathophagidae)
Yellow Dung Fly
Gelbe Dungfliege
Møgflue
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In this beach both Royal and Sandwich Terns were flocked together with the Black Skimmers. Both Tern species were displaying full courtship behaviors. Although for Sandwich Terns the display was not as elaborate as the Royal Terns.
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In 2011 I was privileged enough to be able to spend some hundred hours with this kestrel family from copulation to flight. These are the two survivors of a brood of three, the third being less well developed, and disappeared a couple of days after leaving the nest.
Here Mum seems satisfied that delivering the spider was all she needed to do, the chicks could sort out the rest themselves.
Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, 2011.
Very interesting to find several pairs of these blue-eyed (=southern migrant) hawkers (Aeshna affinis) in west Dorset after they seem to have made their way along the coast from further east in the last few years. Also it was noticeable that they were breeding a month later than those in Essex. This pair features a rarer blue-coloured female looking much like the males rather than the brownish yellow form typical of affinis.
The tiercel Red-shoulder has a bit more time to himself now that the pair is done copulating and the hen is on the nest. He does, like any faithful mate does, check in, and usually the female rises to meet him in the air to interact. Here was one of those encounters.
This is one of the spiders where the male , after copulation , is usually eaten by the female.
It can be avoided if the male waits by the immature female's web until she completes her final moult.
After moulting, the female's mouthparts will be soft for a short time, and the male may mate without danger of being eaten.
Zerynthia rumina
(Spanish Festoon) Good place for love and beauty (see large)
(Mariposa Arlequín) Buen sitio para el amor y la belleza (ver en grande)
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Gray langurs, sacred langurs, Indian langurs or Hanuman langurs are a group of Old World monkeys native to the Indian subcontinent constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus.
These langurs are largely gray (some more yellowish), with a black face and ears. Externally, the various species mainly differ in the darkness of the hands and feet, the overall color and the presence or absence of a crest. Typically all north Indian gray langurs have their tail tips looping towards their head during a casual walk whereas all south Indian and Sri Lankan gray langurs have an inverted "U" shape or a "S" tail carriage pattern. There are also significant variations in the size depending on the sex, with the male always larger than the female. The head-and-body length is from 51 to 79 cm (20 to 31 in). Their tails, at 69 to 102 cm (27 to 40 in) are never longer than their bodies. Langurs from the southern part of their range are smaller than those from the north. At 26.5 kg (58 lb), the heaviest langur ever recorded was a male Nepal gray langur. The larger gray langurs are rivals for the largest species of monkey found in Asia. The average weight of gray langurs is 18 kg (40 lb) in the males and 11 kg (24 lb) in the females.
Langurs mostly walk quadrupedally and spend half their time on the ground and the other half in the trees. They will also make bipedal hops, climbing and descending supports with the body upright, and leaps. Langurs can leap 3.6–4.7 m (12–15 ft) horizontally and 10.7–12.2 m (35–40 ft) in descending.
The entire distribution of all gray langur species stretches from the Himalayas in the north to Sri Lanka in the south, and from Bangladesh in the east to Pakistan in the west. They possibly occur in Afghanistan. The bulk of the gray langur distribution is within India, and all seven currently recognized species have at least a part of their range in this country.
Gray langurs can adapt to a variety of habitats.They inhabit arid habitats like deserts, tropical habitats like tropical rainforests and temperate habitats like coniferous forests, deciduous habitats and mountains habitats. They are found at sea level to altitudes up to 4,000 m (13,000 ft). They can adapt well to human settlements, and are found in villages, towns and areas with housing or agriculture.They live in densely populated cities like Jodhpur, which has a population numbering up to a million.
Gray langurs are diurnal. They sleep during the night in trees but also on man-made structures like towers and electric poles when in human settlements. When resting in trees, they generally prefer the highest branches.
Ungulates like bovine and deer will eat food dropped by foraging langurs.Langurs are preyed upon by leopards, dholes and tigers.Wolves, jackals, Asian black bears and pythons may also prey on them
Gray langurs are primarily herbivores. However, unlike some other colobines they do not depend on leaves and leaf buds of herbs, but will also eat coniferous needles and cones, fruits and fruit buds, evergreen petioles, shoots and roots, seeds, grass, bamboo, fern rhizomes, mosses, and lichens. Leaves of trees and shrubs rank at the top of preferred food, followed by herbs and grasses. Non-plant material consumed include spider webs, termite mounds and insect larvae.They forage on agricultural crops and other human foods, and even accept handouts. Although they occasionally drink, langurs get most of their water from the moisture in their food.
In one-male groups, the resident male is usually the sole breeder of the females and sires all the young. In multiple-male groups, the highest-ranking male fathers most of the offspring, followed by the next-ranking males and even outside males will father young. Higher-ranking females are more reproductively successful than lower-ranking ones.
Female gray langurs do not make it obvious that they are in estrous. However, males are still somehow able to reduce the reproduction state of females.Females signal that they are ready to mate by shuddering the head, lowering the tail, and presenting their anogenital regions. Such solicitations do not always lead to copulation. When langurs mate, they are sometimes disrupted by other group members. Females have even been recorded mounting other females.
The gestation period of gray langur lasts around 200 days, at least at Jodhpur, India. In some areas, reproduction is year-around. Year-round reproduction appears to occur in populations that capitalize on human-made foods. Other populations have seasonal reproduction.
Infanticide is common among gray langurs. Most infanticidal langurs are males that have recently immigrated to a group and driven out the prior male. These males only kill infants that are not their own.Infanticide is more commonly reported in one-male groups, perhaps because one male monopolizing matings drives the evolution of this trait. In multiple-male groups, the costs for infanticidal males are likely to be high as the other males may protect the infants and they can't ensure that they'll sire young with other males around. Nevertheless, infanticide does occur in these groups, and is suggested that such practices serve to return a female to estrous and gain the opportunity to mate.
Females usually give birth to a single infant, although twins do occur. Most births occur during the night. Infants are born with thin, dark brown or black hair and pale skin. Infants spend their first week attach themselves to their mothers' chests and mostly just suckle or sleep. They do not move much in terms of locomotion for the first two weeks of their life. As they approach their sixth week of life, infants vocalize more.They use squeaks and shrieks to communicate stress. In the following months, the infants are capable of quadrupedal locomotion and can walk, run and jump by the second and third months. Alloparenting occurs among langurs, starting when the infants reach two years of age. The infant will be given to the other females of the group. However, if the mother dies, the infant usually follows.Langurs are weaned by 13 months.
L’accouplement peut se faire entièrement en vol, notamment chez les libellulidés, mais la plupart des espèces préfèrent se poser. Les partenaires accouplés forment le cœur copulatoire. L’accouplement peut être très bref (quelques secondes), quand il n’y a que transfert de sperme. Il peut être long et prendre plusieurs heures quand le mâle nettoie la cavité spermatique de la femelle avant d’y introduire sa semence. A l’aide de sorte de petits plumeaux, il élimine le sperme d’éventuels prédécesseurs et accroît ainsi ses propres chances de paternité. Mâles et femelles s’accouplent avec de nombreux partenaires différents, parfois à quelques minutes d’intervalle seulement.
Good place for love and beauty. A couple of Danaus Chrysippus, better known as Tiger Butterflies, photographed on a Lantana flower. Male on top and female below, attached by the abdomen to perform copulation (see larger image)
Buen sitio para el amor y la belleza. Una pareja de Danaus Chrysippus, más conocidas como Mariposas Tigre, fotografiadas sobre una flor de Lantana o Gitanilla. Macho arriba y hembra abajo, unidos por el abdomen a su pareja para realizar la cópula (ver en grande)
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Y aquí "Lantana", una canción de uno de mis grupos favoritos, Pigmy
Taken in Northwest Leicestershire at the site visited last week when we found aberrant 'punctata'
None seen today but plenty of other Hairstreaks about, with varying amounts of 'hairstreak'
Copulating in the top of a Bilberry plant but not able to get unobstructed shot.
The bee orchid flower mimics the solitary bee Eucera longicornis, which attempts to copulate with it, leading to pollination.
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Bienenragwurz О́фрис пчелоносная
RKO_6398. What else can you wish while on safari?
We ran into this beautiful couple and watched them doing the reproduction process a couple of times to get the best images! LOL
Reproduction and life cycle:
Both sexes are polygamous and breed throughout the year, but females are usually restricted to the one or two adult males of their pride. In the wild they usually breed no more than once in two years. Females are receptive to mating for three or four days within a widely variable reproductive cycle. During this time a pair generally mates every 20–30 minutes, with up to 50 copulations per 24 hours. Such extended copulation not only stimulates ovulation in the female but also secures paternity for the male by excluding other males. Like those of other cats, the male lion's penis has spines that point backward. During withdrawal of the penis, the spines rake the walls of the female's vagina, which may cause ovulation and pain. The gestation period is about 108 days, and the litter size varies from one to six cubs, two to four being usual. Source: Brittanica and Wikipedia.
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NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
Santalecina (Huesca) Comarca aragonesa del Cinca Medio.
Esta pareja tampoco colaboró demasiado. Pillarlos de esta manera resulta muy complicado. Son veloces, muy rápidas en la cópula y en la puesta. Los machos resultan tremendamente “acosadores”.
Santalecina (Huesca) Aragonese region of Cinca Medio.
This couple did not collaborate too much either. To catch them in this way is very complicated. They are fast, very fast in the copulation and in the putting. The males are tremendously "stalkers".
« Feminine coyness is in fact very common among animals, and so are prolonged courtship or engagement periods. ... Courtship rituals often include considerable pre-copulation investment by the male. The female may refuse to copulate until the male has built her a nest. Or the male may have to feed her quite substantial amounts of food. »
Richard Dawkins
This snapshot is dedicated to my friend MAD and to his idea of a good shot!
The yellow-billed teal (Anas flavirostris) is a South American species of duck. Like other teals, it belongs to the diverse genus Anas; more precisely it is one of the "true" teals of subgenus Nettion. It occurs in Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Brazil. It has also established itself in South Georgia, where it was first recorded breeding in 1971, and has been recorded as far east as Tristan da Cunha. It inhabits freshwater wetlands, preferring palustrine habitat to rivers. Considering its wide range and local abundance, it is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
Description
The namesake bill is bright yellow with a black tip and a black band along the ridge of the culmen. The species is somewhat similar to the larger yellow-billed pintail, but has a darker head, shorter neck and plain grayish sides.
Taxonomy
Mitochondrial DNA sequence data is most similar to that of the very different-looking green-winged teal. Apart from the mystifying relationship with the red-and-green-headed teals, it altogether most resembles the Indian Ocean radiation of teals. However, the yellow-billed teal's unicolored underside and namesake bill are unique, as is to be expected from a species that evolved half a world apart from Bernier's or the grey teal.
This species is also unique among its relatives in some aspects of its post-copulation behavior: After dismounting, the drakes stretch themselves up high and swim around and alongside the females.
Traditionally, there are 2 subspecies:
Sharp-winged teal, Anas flavirostris oxyptera (Meyen, 1834) – highlands of central Peru to northern Chile and Argentina.
Chilean teal, Anas flavirostris flavirostris (Vieillot, 1816) – southern South America as far north as southern Brazil and northern Argentina. Also in the Falkland Islands.
Previously, this species and the Andean teal formed the superspecies speckled teal, but increasingly taxonomists consider the two species distinct.