Paraoviposition of a male Sympetrum eroticum eroticum

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Shot Date: 2009/11/07
Shot Location: Yamaguchi, Tokorozawa city, Saitama prefecture

species
Sympetrum eroticum eroticum (Selys)

Key Words
dragonfly
male
paraoviposition



Ishizawa, Naoya
2009/11/08 submitted



Animalia >Arthropoda >Insecta >Odonata >Libellulidae >Sympetrum >

A male dragonfly seldom conducts dipping in the mud except in the case of tandem oviposition with a female. In this case a male Sympetrum e. eroticum conducted single paraoviposition behaviour at a paddy field for more than 6 minutes (movie: 300 fps).

(Data No.momo091108se01b)

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