[Leica] [OM] IMG: Snout Butterfly Mating Ritual

[Jim Nichols]

I have no idea, Nathan.

On 8/6/20 12:19 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Well seen. Do both parties survive the mating?
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> Cheers,
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>> On 3 Aug 2020, at 20:10, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> Many times I've observed the swirling aerial dance of a pair of Snouts.  Today, I watched it play out on a bush.
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>> The romancing pair landed facing each other on a Privet branch. They reminded me of miniature dinosaurs.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200803-P8032811.JPG.html
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>> They  began checking each other out.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200803-P8032819.JPG.html
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>> Next came the grappling hands-on approach.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200803-P8032824.JPG.html
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>> And then they ducked beneath a large leaf to complete the encounter in private.
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>> Jim Nichols
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