22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Mating gymnastics
All nature's creatures join to express nature's purpose. Specific courtship rituals have developed through evolution such as dance patterns, fluttering of wings or short flights for a female to be stroked by male.Mimegralla albimana, commonly called stilt legged fly, captured while performing courtship rituals on the leaf . Mainly found in marshy areas, the stilt legged flies perform courtship rituals in which males apparently brush the eyes of the partner and starts flitting around leaves by waving their white-tipped forelegs during mating.
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Date Taken: | 07.2024 |
Date Uploaded: | 12.2024 |
Photo Location: | Balasore, Odisha, India, India |
Copyright: | © Sritam Kumar Sethy |