Champion and Challenger - _TNY_8262
Two male timberman beetle (Acanthocinus aedilis) duking it out over a female which was in the process of laying what I assume were the left male's eggs on a newly fallen pine when the right one dropped in on them.
The newcomer lost however and was rather quickly chased away though the fighting looked quite spectacular with those incredibly long antennae flailing.
For a shot of these two while the left male was standing over the femal, look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48906462242/
As the loser was leaving the scene of his defeat I picked him up and snapped a shot of him on my finger as can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/47953563162/
Champion and Challenger - _TNY_8262
Two male timberman beetle (Acanthocinus aedilis) duking it out over a female which was in the process of laying what I assume were the left male's eggs on a newly fallen pine when the right one dropped in on them.
The newcomer lost however and was rather quickly chased away though the fighting looked quite spectacular with those incredibly long antennae flailing.
For a shot of these two while the left male was standing over the femal, look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48906462242/
As the loser was leaving the scene of his defeat I picked him up and snapped a shot of him on my finger as can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/47953563162/