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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: Snout Butterfly Mating Ritual
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 07:19:16 +0200
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Well seen. Do both parties survive the mating?

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 3 Aug 2020, at 20:10, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> Many times I've observed the swirling aerial dance of a pair of Snouts.  
> Today, I watched it play out on a bush.
> 
> The romancing pair landed facing each other on a Privet branch. They 
> reminded me of miniature dinosaurs.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200803-P8032811.JPG.html
> 
> They  began checking each other out.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200803-P8032819.JPG.html
> 
> Next came the grappling hands-on approach.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200803-P8032824.JPG.html
> 
> And then they ducked beneath a large leaf to complete the encounter in 
> private.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
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