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 Chloropidae? male 'strech' and 'cleaning' exercises, Germany
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 09-07-2012 09:42
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found on 2012-07-07 in a forest clearing area near Marburg, central Germany. Regards, Ingo video: http://commons.wi...-07-07.ogv Edited by Pristurus on 10-07-2012 10:58 My diptera videos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User %3APristurus/gallery/Diptera |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 09-07-2012 10:22
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Looks like a male scent-marking. Do they do that? |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 09-07-2012 10:26
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Typical male 'strech' and 'cleaning' exercises that are usually performed after mating.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 09-07-2012 12:52
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Paul Beuk wrote: Typical male 'strech' and 'cleaning' exercises that are usually performed after mating. Reminiscing Paul?   |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 09-07-2012 15:27
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No, information gained reading back your history. 
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:20
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Who would have thought that Papyrus would have lasted this long and be still legible. But yeah, that's a great read. I like the bit about the one with the huge pair of ti Continued on page 94 |
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 10-07-2012 10:57
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Thanks for your correction of my wrong interpretation of this behaviour, mea culpa. I´ll change the misleading title of the thread. Regards, Ingo
My diptera videos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User %3APristurus/gallery/Diptera |
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