The Living Forest (9) : mating White-legged damselflies
Last weeks I was exploring several forests in the Belgian Ardennes.
This is the 9th. picture of a series illustrating the living forest.
Insects play an important role in the living forest (pollinate process, natural housekeeping, food for songbirds,…)
Most of them can be found in the open spaces, like this mating pair of the White-legged damselfly.
In this shot you can see the so-called ‘mating wheel position’ : the male deposits sperm by bending the abdomen forward and then clasping the female behind the head with its claspers on the tip of his abdomen. The female then loops her abdomen forward and picks up the sperm from the male.
(Some good advice : don’t try this at home.......)
Dutch name : Blauwe Breedscheenjuffer
German name : Blaue Federlibelle
Latin name : Platycnemis pennipes
Gert van der Flier 24. Oktober 2008, 13:41
I like it very much.Gert
adriano j faria 27. August 2008, 0:13
Superb composition with great detail and magnific ligth...as usual!!!all the best...ugs from Portugal.
Adri.
Wendy de With 26. August 2008, 21:41
Well spotted. Nice capture with good details.Greetings, Wendy
Wolfgang Bazer 26. August 2008, 14:59
An excellent macro and a very interesting docu. And thanks a lot for the good advice.bw Wolfgang
Gaby Falkenberg 25. August 2008, 22:02
eine ganz hervorragende Aufnahme der beiden Libellen,auch hier sitzt die Schärfe perfekt!
LG.Gaby
Ryszard Basta 25. August 2008, 21:38
tolles Bildj.a.j.jansen m. 25. August 2008, 18:57
A super macro with excellent detail. What kind of macrolens do you use?.Regards, Jan.
Fons van Swaal 25. August 2008, 18:50
Excellent presentation Mark....good info as well...;-))Cheers,
Reinhard... 25. August 2008, 18:22
what a shot, lets try it :-)))Cheers
Reinhard
archiek 25. August 2008, 14:30
Excellent photo of the damselflies. Caught perfectly in that loving pose. -archieVitória Castelo Santos 25. August 2008, 12:49
MASTERPIECE this wonderful shot!!!!!!!!!regards
Vitoria
† Ushie Farkas 25. August 2008, 12:16
MAGNIFIQUE!!! Amitiés UshiePe-Sto 25. August 2008, 10:42
Grandioses Bild, Mark ... fantastisches Motiv ... die Schärfe ist wahnsinnig gut!!!glg Peggy
Cees Kuijs 25. August 2008, 9:53
Excellent capture. Pinsharp !!Thanks for your advice, my back hurts already enough :-)))))))))
Greetings, Cees
Josef Kainz 25. August 2008, 9:18
Ein sehr schönes Makro mit einer guten Schärfelg. josef