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Sunrise encounter at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore. Pacific Swallow | Tahitischwalbe | Hirondelle de Tahiti (Hirundo tahitica)
No doubt. This is my home
here it happens, here
i am immensely deceived.
This is my home stopped in time.
Autumn arrives and defends me,
spring and condemns me.
i have millions of guests
who laugh and eat,
they copulate and sleep,
play and think
millions of bored guests
and they have nightmares and nervous breakdowns.
No doubt. This is my home.
All the dogs and steeples
they pass in front of her.
But my house is struck by lightning
and one day it will split in two.
And I won't know where to take refuge
because all doors lead out of the world.
by Mario Benedetti
closed location
Tenía la ilusión de pillar una cópula de Cordulegaster pues había visto varios tándem pero la tendencia del macho es llevarse a la hembra algo alto cuando no mucho.
Este día estaba solo, cosa rara, y se posaron en lo alto de una caña. Les disparé para tener el documento y sin pensarlo más puse la distancia de enfoque a ojo y con el brazo izquierdo cogí la caña y la bajé a mi altura con la suerte de que no se rompió ni ellos se fueron. Hice varios disparos, enfocando al mismo tiempo que movía la caña hacia mí y parece que en un punto estaban a foco. Cuando llegué a casa el resultado que observé era superior al esperado. Tenía definición pero muy oscura y le pedí a mi amigo Pipa que me hiciera el favor de "adecentarla". Gracias Amigo.
Fotograma recortado un 10% y adaptado a formato 4x3.
En el barranco de la Puça. Petrer (Alicante) España
He had the illusion of catching a Cordulegaster copulation as he had seen several tandem but the tendency of the male is to take the female somewhat high when not much.
This day he was alone, which is rare, and they perched on top of a reed. I shot them to get the document and without thinking about it I put the focus distance by eye and with my left arm I took the rod and lowered it to my height with the luck that it did not break nor they left. I took several shots, focusing at the same time that I moved the rod towards me and it seems that at one point they were in focus. When I got home the result I observed was higher than expected. It had definition but very dark and I asked my friend Pipa to do me the favor of "tidying it up." Thanks friend.
Frame trimmed 10% and adapted to 4x3 format.
In the ravine of La Puça. Petrer (Alicante) Spain
Right: Same photo of the painting as previous upload, turned and background removed (see comment)
Rechts: Sepia Version, Detail des fertigen Bildes siehe Kommentar, Hintergrund entfernt. Gouache, Tinte)
Part of the sets: Picture Puzzles and Rorschach - Not Rorschach: Inkblot Klecksography Faltbild Abklatsch Klecksographie - Spiegel Symmetrie Mirror Symmetry // Esoterik Entlarvung
Diptych:
Rorschach Blot 6
DMC-G2 - P1880408 - 2015-02-05 (Sepia, Background removed, Hintergrund entfernt)
#rorschach #schmetterling #butterfly #bat #fledermaus #chrysalis #puppe #oracle #mirakel #test #testbild #ink #tinte #narrenturm #teppich #tapestry #tapisserie #stöpsel #andockmanöver #kopulation #kupplung #maul #fressen
Pair of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) during their multi--hour copulation. Female on top, male below.
Para kowali bezskrzydłych (Pyrrhocoris apterus) w trakcie wielogodzinnej kopulacji. Samica u góry, samiec poniżej.
De la primera salida con mi amigo Teo al Clot para ver lo que se movía. Vimos , entre otras, bastantes individuos de Ischnura y bastantes cópulas.
Por el cuernecillo que se puede ver bajo el pronoto me decanto por I. elegans.
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En el Parque Natural "El Clot de Galvany". Elx (Alicante)
From the first outing with my friend Teo al Clot to see what was moving. We saw, among others, quite a few Ischnura individuals and quite a few copulations.
Because of the little horn that can be seen under the pronotum, I prefer I. elegans.
Frame cropped by 6%.
In the Natural Park "El Clot de Galvany". Elx (Alicante) SpainEspaña
Sarcophaga spec.(Diptera, Sarcophagidae)
Flesh Fly .......... flying a left turn
Fleischfliege ... fliegt eine Linkskurve
Kødflue .............. flyver et venstresving
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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.
France; Brenne, Cherine 15/1/19. Copulation! A group of twelve here since mid-November must give hope to future breeding in the Brenne.
Any place is good for love: two Zygaena butterflies make love in an acrobatic position on what remains of an Scabiosa flower.
Cualquier sitio es bueno para el amor: dos mariposas Zygaena en posición acrobática sobre lo que queda de una flor de Scabiosa.
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Puesta de huevos en el medio de una laguna, desde lejos y muy ampliada, fue imposible acercarse en ningún momento a la pareja.
Egg laying. In themiddle of a pond, from afar and greatly magnified, it was impossible to get close to the couple at any time.
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Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister,1839)
Macho - male
Delta del Ebro (Tarragona)
El muy veterano “guerrero” venía de una cópula (que no pude fotografiar) y se fue a posar en tierra sobre esos tallos secos. Allí realizó algún ejercicio abdominal y tras reposar un rato retomó el vuelo, supongo que en busca de nuevas aventuras.
The very veteran "warrior" came from a copulation (which I could not photograph) and went to land on those dry stems. There he did some abdominal exercise and after resting for a while he resumed his flight, I suppose in search of new adventures.
Le "guerrier" très vétéran est venu d'une copulation (que je n'ai pas pu photographier) et est allé se poser sur ces tiges sèches. Là, il a fait quelques exercices abdominaux et après s'être reposé pendant un certain temps, il a repris son vol, je suppose à la recherche de nouvelles aventures.
Taken around the garden pond today, pair of common darters in the copulation wheel. Lots of egglaying followed and then the male stayed around to guard them and see off anything dodgy!
I hve shown you the Variable Checkerspot before, but all with the dorsal side, i.e., the side when the butterfly has the wings spread. Though the ventral side is beautiful, for me it is the dosal vuiew of the wings (closed) where this butterfly really shines! The patterns are as exquisite as any North American butterfly.
The variable checkerspot or Chalcedon checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America, where its range stretches from Alaska in the north to Baja California in the south and extends east through the Rocky Mountains into Colorado, Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming. The butterfly is usually brown or black with extensive white and yellow checkering and some red coloration on the dorsal wing.
Interestingly, during the breeding period, males congregate around larval host plants to encounter females. Males court female butterflies via physical displays. Successful courtship leads to copulation, when the male deposits a nutrient-rich spermatophore in the female. In addition, males also secrete a mating plug during copulation that hinders the ability of females to mate with other males.
Pair of common darters making the most of the hot summer weather on the reeds by the lake at the local park.
One of the things I was looking forward to in Portugal was the possibility of seeing storks. They can be seen in towns, on roofs and chimneys and in fields along the roads. They might be common there but here in Canada, we don't have any. This photo was captured along the road. I had stopped to take some pictures when I spotted a few storks in a field and in nests.
In a nest was this one couple. At some point they started to make noise with their beaks. The birds make these sounds by rapidly opening and closing their beaks so that a knocking sound is made each time the beak closes. The clattering is amplified by its throat pouch, which acts as a resonator. It is used in a variety of social interactions. In this case, it was a prelude to copulation. After a minute or two of beak clattering, the male got up, flew over the female and then mounted her. I was really happy to have been able to witness that scene.
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White ibis using its bill to sweep back and forth in the water in search for food.
From Wikipedia-
The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, It is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal New World tropics. This particular ibis is a medium-sized bird with an overall white plumage, bright red-orange down-curved bill and long legs, and black wing tips that are usually only visible in 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. Populations in central Venezuela overlap and interbreed with the scarlet ibis. The two have been classified by some authorities as a single species.
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.
Six Spot Burnet moth / zygaena filipendulae. Old Moor RSPB reserve, S.Yorkshire. 18/07/16.
'Love On A Tightrope' - Burnet moth style.
Yesterday I visited Old Moor in baking heat and with a specific photographic subject as my target. Despite near de-hydration and heat exhaustion I was successful in my mission and will be posting images of 'THE' subject when I have trawled through the many images made.
As the day cooled it seemed to be the signal for 6-SBM's to start copulating. Before this they had been hyperactive, barely sustaining a touchdown before whirling off again. I found four mating pairs.
Once they were settled and preoccupied it made for a very pleasant, rewarding macro session.
(They seemed oblivious of my prying lens!)
Pair of Xeris spectrum horntails copulating on a dead spruce tree. Note the long ovipositor of the female, used to drill holes in wood to lay eggs inside the tree. The holes nearby are exits from the corridors gnawed by the larvae.
Para kruszeli paskowanych (Xeris spectrum) kopulujących na martwym świerku. Uwagę zwraca długie pokłądełko samicy, używane do wywiercenia otwórów w drewnie w celu złożenia jaj w głębi drzewa. Otwory obok to wyjścia z korytarzy wygryzionych przez larwy.
Detalle de cópula de Onychogomphus costae con buen recorte.
Durante una de las visitas a la rambla de Agramón en la provincia de Albacete, tuve la suerte de tropezarme con una cópula de esta especie que vino a posarse en un lugar bastante enmarañado para poder sacarle una foto decente (tres o cuatro imágenes). Preferí enfocar a la hembra y como se sujetaba al macho.
Posaron por un espacieo breve de tiempo, mientras gritaba a Ricardo para que acudiera al lugar. Ni siquiera pudo oirme y después fue imposible seguirlas con la vista.
Otra vez será.
Copula detail of Onychogomphus costae with good clipping.
During one of the visits to the Rambla de Agramón in the province of Albacete, I was lucky enough to stumble upon a copulation of this species that came to perch in a rather tangled place to be able to take a decent photo (three or four images). I preferred to focus on the female and how she was holding onto the male.
They posed for a brief space of time, while he yelled for Ricardo to come to the place. He couldn't even hear me and then it was impossible to follow them with his eyes.
Maybe next time.
Black Guillemots / cepphus grylle. Oban, Scotland. 15/05/22.
I watched Black Guillemot courtship behaviour whilst pairs were swimming and also, when they flew to the top of the esplanade wall. The short displays were very intense and animated and I think would become more protracted as the month advanced.
The pair shown here had suddenly flown up from the sea and were vocalising to each other, beaks pointing slightly downwards. Moments later the male started a high-stepping walk around the female, his beak angled more acutely downwards. She immediately crouched submissively, but copulation didn't take place. It was early days for them and the behaviour more about strengthening their pair bond than procreation.
What a striking pair they made!
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
I found these cream-spot ladybirds making the most of the warm weather, atop the pretty bluebells, on Saturday while walking in Galston.
I don't think I've seen this ladybird before, so a bonus to see two at once, and to see them making more :D
Black Skimmers mating -
Nickerson Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
Without a doubt, 2020 was full of surprises, even when it comes to birdwatching and photographing nesting shorebirds at the Nickerson Beach.
Missed days, due to temporary closure, were rewarded with action filled visits after the reopening the beach. Early in the season, I alerted everyone to this newly forming colony of Black Skimmers. As I hoped, not only it was successful, it provided amazing photographic opportunities throughout the season. Like this scene of mating Black Skimmers was taken at that colony.
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The male is "blushing" and his neck is engorged as he flaps his wings while approaching the waiting female . . .
Struthio camelus in the Maasai Mara
Found three mating pairs at Ivinghoe Beacon this afternoon. Always a joy to photograph the fantastic little dukes of burgundy. I think this is the first time I have managed to photograph them in cop.
Panorpa nuptialis from the Sam Houston National Forest. My wife spotted this unique insect during a family hike in November. Though the stinger-like appendage on the abdomen looks like a weapon, it's actually used to grasp the female during copulation. The mating behavior of this genus is complex and fascinating, with males offering food gifts and putting out pheromones. As the female feeds on this gift, the male grasps her with the aforementioned appendage.