Well, maybe it's an ambiguous rule and anyway none rule should be too strict in what is just a game I avoided the dragonflies/damselflies in tandem even if they can pass several hours or even days after the real mating, as the male will not release the female until he laid the eggs! However I was about to include a couple of bush crickets where the female have the spermatophore of the male, very big and well visible in the abdomen. I think the issue is that the crickets are phisically separated while the damselflies and the onagers not. I like how well camouflaged is the female green pigeon amongst the foliage 395. Parambassis ranga (Indian glassy fish) 396. Paratettix meridionalis 397. Paroaria dominicana (Red-cowled cardinal) 398. Paroaria gularis (Red-capped cardinal) 399. Partula nodosa
400. Passer montanus (Eurasian tree sparrow) 401. Pelecanus occidentalis (Brown pelican) 402. Pelecanus onocrotalus (Eastern white pelican) 403. Pelecopsis parallela 404. Perca fluviatilis (European perch)
405. Periophthalmus novemradiatus (Pearse's mudskipper) 406. Peromyscus eremicus (Cactus mouse) 407. Phaedusa elisabethae 408. Phalacrocorax carbo (Great cormorant) 409. Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt's cormorant)
410. Phaonia angelicae 411. Phaonia pallida 412. Phasianus colchicus (Ringneck pheasant) 413. Pheucticus melanocephalus (Black-headed grosbeak) 414. Philetarius socius (Sociable weaver)
415. Philodryas baroni (Baron's green racer) 416. Philomachus pugnax (Ruff) 417. Phocoena phocoena (Harbour porpoise) 418. Phoeniconaias minor (Lesser flamingo) 419. Pholcus phalangioides (Long-bodied cellar spider) That's all for now, other day will follow more
More couples for the Ark! 420. Phthirus pubis (Crab louse) 421. Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Weedy sea dragon) 422. Pica pica (Common magpie) 423. Pionopsitta pileata (Pileated parrot) 424. Pionus chalcopterus (Bronze-winged parrot)
425. Pionus fuscus (Dusky parrot) 426. Pionus senilis (White-crowned parrot) 427. Pithecia pithecia (White-faced saki) 428. Platalea alba (African spoonbill) 429. Platycercus flaveolus (Yellow rosella)
430. Platylomalus complanatus 431. Platysoma elongatum 432. Pluvianus aegyptius (Egyptian plover) 433. Poanes melane (Umber skipper) 434. Podargus strigoides (Tawny frogmouth)
435. Poephila acuticauda (Long-tailed finch) 436. Poephila personata (Masked finch) 437. Pomacanthus paru (French angelfish) 438. Pontia daplidice (Bath white) 439. Popillia japonica (Japanese beetle)
440. Porphyrio porphyrio (Purple swamphen) 441. Pristella maxillaris (X-ray fish) 442. Proteles cristatus (Aardwolf) 443. Psephotus haematogaster (Bluebonnet) 444. Pseudanthias parvirostris (Sunset anthias) Other day will follow more. I would love to see more contrubutions from other members
I have looked out a few of my old aquarium photos as my last contribution to this thread. I no longer keep fishes, but I have never lost my interest in the amazing cichlids of Lake Tanganyika. White cloud mountain minnow pair by gentle lemur posted 9 Jun 2021 at 11:47 AM Freshwater pipefish courtship by gentle lemur posted 9 Jun 2021 at 11:47 AM Aphyosemion striatum pair by gentle lemur posted 9 Jun 2021 at 12:05 PM Petenia splendida pair by gentle lemur posted 9 Jun 2021 at 11:47 AM Neolamprologus multifasciatus pair by gentle lemur posted 9 Jun 2021 at 12:05 PM Altolamprologus species 'Sumbu' pair spawning by gentle lemur posted 9 Jun 2021 at 12:05 PM Xenotilapia ornatipinnis pair spawning by gentle lemur posted 9 Jun 2021 at 12:05 PM Tropheus duboisi spawning by gentle lemur posted 9 Jun 2021 at 11:47 AM
Yes, all are took my myself (I think is implicit that all members who post photos for this thread, must be the owners of the photos), and they're too bad in quality (except some of them) for be published in a book, but enough for be published in a forum like this Gentle Lemur, agai really magnific contributions with these fish couples with very sharp definition and being very interesting species! The killifish sexual dimorphism is beautiful to see in your image The white cloud mountain minnows were the first fishes I kept myself when child 453. Pseudapion fulvirostre. Notice sexual dimorphism in the colour and lenght of the rostrum 454. Pseudeos fuscata (Dusky lory) 455. Pseudochelidura sinuata 456. Pseudomugil gertrudae (Spotted blue-eye) 457. Psittacula eupatria (Alexandrine parakeet)
458. Pterocles alchata (Pin-tailed sandgrouse) 459. Pterocles exustus (Chestnu-bellied sandgrouse) 460. Pteronetta hartlaubii (Hartlaub's duck) 461. Ptilinopus regina (Rose-crowned fruit dove) 462. Ptilinopus superbus (Superb fruit dove)
463. Ptilopsis granti (Southern white-faced scops owl) 464. Puffinus griseus (Sooty shearwater) 465. Pulsatrix perspicillata (Spectacled owl) 466. Pupilla muscorum (Moss chrysalis snail) 467. Pycnonotus atriceps (Black-headed bulbul)
468. Pygoscelis adeliae (Adelie's penguin) 469. Pygoscelis antarctica (Chinstrap penguin) 470. Pyrrhocorax graculus (Alpine chough) 471. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Red-billed chough) 472. Pyrrhura rupicola (Black-capped parakeet)
473. Pytilia phoenicoptera (Red-winged pytilia) 474. Raja clavata (Thornback ray) 475. Ramphastos ambiguus (Yellow-throated toucan) 476. Rana perezi (Iberian water frog) 477. Rasbora borapetensis (Red-tailed rasbora) This is all for today, other day will follow more
478. Rasbora dorsiocellata (Eyespot rasbora) 479. Rasbora espei (Lambchop rasbora) 480. Rasbora heteromorpha (Harlequin rasbora) 481. Recurvirostra avosetta (Pied avocet) 482. Redigobius balteatus (Rhinohorn goby)
483. Rhampholeon brevicaudatus (Bearded leaf chameleon) 484. Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Mottled shieldbug) 485. Rhodanthidium sticticum 486. Rhodopechys githaginea (Trumpeter finch) 487. Rhodothraupis celaeno (Crimson-collared grosbeak)
488. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Red palm weevil) 489. Rhyparochromus phoeniceus 490. Roncador stearnsii (Spotfin croaker) 491. Sacculina carcini (Crab hacker barnacle). The kind of animal that one never think about when visualize Noah's Arks animals coming in pairs... but he was obligated to host a pair of every species in Earth! 492. Sagittarius serpentarius (Secretarybird)