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Group mating of butterflies

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Hierophis, 02.09.2015 23:24

Someone came across such a phenomenon - for one female, for example, two males "stuck" ? smile.gif

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03.09.2015 12:01, Сергей-Д

have you tried opening the lock with two keys at once?

03.09.2015 12:02, Hierophis

I didn't try it, but I saw the fact of mating three pigeons at once yesterday, and the pictures were all taken by wink.giftwo males for one female, and all three of them also took off ))

03.09.2015 12:12, Сергей-Д

I didn't see this )

03.09.2015 12:17, Wave Storm

I've seen it, but it's not exactly a group video.
18,05,13. Two arguses were mating, and the third one was trying to join them. But it didn't work out.
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picture: IMG_1818.JPG

03.09.2015 12:23, Hierophis

Well, it turned out for the ones I observed, by the way, Waveshtorm has already seen these pictures of mine in theory )
Here is an interesting point, whether there was a real mating, can a female get sperm from two individuals at once. Although this does not affect anything very much, just then from one clutch there will be caterpillars from two males.
But the same in theory can be from mating in turn.

This post was edited by Hierophis - 03.09.2015 12: 27

03.09.2015 13:08, Wave Storm

Well, it turned out for the ones I observed, by the way, Waveshtorm has already seen these pictures of mine in theory )

I've seen your pictures, but I haven't seen anything like this myself. Only attempts to adapt to already mating individuals, as in the above picture.

03.09.2015 13:19, Hierophis

Well, it's not a fact that this is a very rare phenomenon, because there are attempts, and they sometimes end successfully. When making a hike along the route, we are good if we see 0.1% of mating that occurs within a given biotope at a given time smile.gif
Although, so far I haven't found anything about this fact anywhere..

03.09.2015 17:33, Сергей-Д

the third one when trying to settle down is understandable, I often saw it, but it turned out successfully and 2 males at once... so where are the pictures?

03.09.2015 19:45, Hierophis

Here's a snapshot )

Pictures:
picture: P9020051.jpg
P9020051.jpg — (500.79к)

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03.09.2015 19:53, ИНО

Invisible WELL nothing. I had to get closer to the genitals, take a close-up of what was there and where. And so it is not clear whether two really managed to stick it in, or whether one just rubs on the side from hopelessness.

03.09.2015 20:03, Hierophis

Ezox is not a reader of course, he is an expert broadcaster lol.gif
Yes, and in flight, when all three took off, too, the male still rubs with despair, what a persistent male )

03.09.2015 20:08, ИНО

So this flight is not visible, but you can say a lot of things. Such unique phenomena should be recorded qualitatively (if, of course, you have something with you). Then if someone starts to challenge, and you bang him (me), as you say, fotopruf.

03.09.2015 20:19, Hierophis

And by the way, I took a series of pictures, approx. 10, and still something is there, where the pair is on the side and the male is hanging end to end, but I won't show wink.gifyou Who knows)

28.12.2019 23:08, Wild Yuri

Uh, I saw the topic too late... But, nevertheless, I will post a photo. (Male Phoebus and tenedius and female Phoebus, Yakutia).
picture: 05_100_2.jpg

16.01.2020 6:17, Bianor

From the point of view of the morphology of the sexual apparatus, there can be no double mating. Two edeaguses in one bursa will still not be able to turn out the endophallus. Therefore, one male blew, the second laterally clung to the valvami like tongs.
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