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In Taiwan,
Now it is the light bug Mating season,
Every Photographer here is busy in the night to catch those beautiful light painting from mother natural.
The female, on left, strikes one of her many ritualistic poses to greet her brave mate as he arrives with a new twig for their growing nest.
I want show the copulation, but it's regular.
A red male with a gray female (female has been living next to my house for over a year). They copulated twice later on once it got dark.
The Reflection Of Latent Light TROLL
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Die Käfer werden ohne die rüsselartige Kopfverlängerung ca. 2 bis 4 mm lang.
Es besteht ein auffallender Sexualdimorphismus in der Rüssellänge: Während der Rüssel des Männchens etwa die halbe Länge der Flügeldecken erreicht, ist der Rüssel des Weibchens nahezu körperlang.
Der Körper ist schwarz, allerdings dicht hellgrau behaart, so dass die Käfer bei flüchtiger Betrachtung grau wirken. wikipedia
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Near The Gulf Of Mexico
Naples, Florida
USA
Portrait of a wild immature white ibis. The background is water.
Wikipedia - The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is found from North Carolina via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal New World tropics. n flight. Males are larger and have longer bills than females. The breeding range runs along the Gulf and Atlantic Coast, and the coasts of Mexico and Central America. Outside the breeding period, the range extends further inland in North America and also includes the Caribbean. It is also found along the northwestern South American coastline in Colombia and Venezuela.
Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.
During the breeding season, the American white ibis gathers in huge colonies near water. Pairs are predominantly monogamous and both parents care for the young, although males tend to engage in extra-pair copulation with other females to increase their reproductive success. Males have also been found to pirate food from unmated females and juveniles during the breeding season.
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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
A pair of azure damselflies in classic reproductive pose. They were part of an abundance of damselflies including four species on a small pool by the Leeds-Liverpool canal near Pennington Flash.
After Least Terns are done copulating they fly away from each other in opposite directions to unite later at the nest. While at the breeding grounds they are monogamous and share in the incubating and rearing of the chicks.
Least Tern Preserve, Huntington State Beach, CA
Purace, Cauca, Colombia.
The male Andean Condor arrived first then was joined by the female. We were fortunate to observe the courtship dance that followed which ultimately led to copulation.
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American Avocets copulating, Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, CA USA
27Mar23
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"Banded Male D93"
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
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lark_Sparrow/lifehistory
"A courting male Lark Sparrow crouches on the ground, holds his tail up at a 45 degree angle from the ground, spreads the tail feathers to show off the white tips, and then struts with its wings drooping so that the wingtips nearly touch the ground. When the female is receptive, the male gives her a small twig just before copulation."
In this case, two males (both tails visible, one in the background) skirmished with neither completing the proceedings.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
For some days we have a couple of Black-winged Saltator visitors. They seem to be on honeymoon. We have seen scenes of courtship, invitation to copulate and protective attitude of the male towards the female. They probably have their nest quite close to our garden. We hope to see the fruits of this love!
The Black-winged Saltator is a fairly common resident of humid montane forest on the Andes from Colombia to southern Ecuador.
It is more difficult to see than some other species of saltator, perhaps due to its preference for the canopy and its avoidance of clearings.
Part dominance display showing strength to the female, part forceful copulation, the male crab holds the already egg bearing female while he fertilizes her eggs which can be seen as a reddish-brown mass mass beneath her. This holding pattern can last from hours to days, sometimes until the female's next moult.
Photo from the Jardin Botanico del Pacifico in the Colombian Choco.
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In these days the common swallows are copulating. Male and female lie on a cable and a few minutes later the male flutters around the female and tries the copulation, as seen in the photograph. The female can be differentiated from the male by the shortest length of its tail.
En estos días las golondrinas comunes están copulando. Macho y hembra se posan en un cable y al de unos minutos el macho revolotea alrededor de la hembra y intenta la cópula, tal y como se ve en la fotografía. La hembra se puede diferenciar del macho por la longitud más corta de su cola.
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Cabbage whites (Pieris rapae) copulating on a bramble leaf, the male is on the left, female on the right.
Canon EOS 6D - f/2.8 - 1/80sec - 100mm - ISO 4000
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- Two hours after walking my dog I discovered this little green fellow on my shoulder. I placed it on a ruler and on a Hydrangea I had on the table (bad light conditions, hence the high ISO), and next released it in the garden.
The size of this bug is 12 mm.
- The green shield bug (Palomena prasina) is a shield bug, it may also be referred to as a green stink bug.
Green shield bugs are a very common shield bug throughout Europe and are found in a large variety of habitats, including gardens.
In Europe, the bright green shield bugs appear in May, having hibernated as imagos during the winter. They fatten for a month and then mate in June. Copulation is back-to-back, as they are not flexible enough for both to face forward. The female lays her eggs in hexagonal batches of 25 to 30, and a single female will lay three to four batches.
The imago's colouration changes over the summer from green to a greenish brown almost a bronze, before death. After the eggs hatch, the green shield bug enter their larval stage (which is really their first nymphal stage) where, in general, they remain together in sibling communities. The larval stage is followed by four more nymphal stages with a moult between each one. The green shield bug displays different colouration during each nymphal stage, light brown, black or green-black, and in the final stage, the imago, is bright green with short wings. Usually the imago stage is reached in September, with hibernation occurring in November.
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- De groene stinkwants (Palomena prasina), ook wel groene schildwants of groene wants, is een insect uit de onderorde wantsen en de familie schildwantsen (Pentatomidae).
De wants dankt het eerste deel van zijn naam aan de groene kleur, alleen de punten van de vleugels aan de achterzijde van het lichaam zijn bruin. Vlak voor de winterslaap kleurt de wants echter geheel bruin om in de lente weer groen te worden. Het tweede deel van de naam, stinkwants, slaat op de smerig ruikende substantie die uit klieren aan de zijkant van het borststuk worden afgescheiden ter verdediging. De wants is algemeen in grote delen van Europa en kan plaatselijk erg talrijk zijn.
De wants leeft overal waar voedselplanten groeien en kan gevonden worden in plantages, bossen, graslanden met geschikte struiken en moerassen. Vanwege de gevarieerde begroeiing van tuinen en parken is de groene stinkwants ook hier niet zeldzaam.
De groene stinkwants produceert tot ongeveer 100 eitjes in totaal die in meerdere regelmatige clusters van enkele tientallen eitjes worden afgezet.
Deze wants heeft als het ei wordt verlaten al direct twee antennes en zes pootjes, al is de lichaamsvorm veel boller, maar ze vervellen al snel waarna ze deels groen worden en al iets op de volwassen dieren lijken.
De nimf van de groene stinkwants doorloopt vijf stadia, die de instar worden genoemd en de overgang tussen de verschillende instar wordt steeds begrensd door een vervelling. Opmerkelijk is hierbij dat ieder nimfstadium een eigen bouw maar ook kleurpatroon kent.
De wants bereikt een totale lichaamslengte van 12 tot 14 millimeter waarbij de vrouwtjes iets groter worden dan de mannetjes.
De groene stinkwants is een planteneter die zijn steeksnuit of rostrum in de groene delen van planten prikt en de sappen opzuigt. De wants is polyfaag, wat betekent dat niet op één plant wordt gezogen maar verschillende planten als voedsel worden gebruikt. De waardplant kan sterk verschillen, zowel de sappen van kruidachtige planten als brandnetel (Urtica) en vederdistel (Cirsium) als struiken uit de rozenfamilie (Rosaceae) worden gezogen en zelfs bomen zijn geschikt, zoals de hazelaar (Corylus avellana) en de zwarte els (Alnus glutinosa). Van al deze soorten is de hazelaar favoriet, de wants kan er massaal voorkomen.
Our mating pair of bald eagles, at Cherry Creek State Park, stay busy adding to their newest nest, bringing fish to the nest and making sure any eggs will be fertilized.
male ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) holds onto the female while she ovisposits to ensure he's the daddy...
some unidentified bees getting it on in some apricot mallow, which helps the flower get it on. lots of getting on getting on. the male clasps the female with his jaws to hang on. no idea what's in the female's mouth. nectar?
Sailor Bar, American River Parkway / Sacramento County, California
This is my first photo of a pair of Common Whitetails copulating. I've seen them copulating in flight but until I saw this pair I have been unable to obtain an image of a pair of Common Whitetails copulating. This is mainly just a record shot as the quality is inferior to what I normally like to keep.