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Dragonfly Love.......

Eric Diller

New member
Male and Female Dragonfly attached together as the female lays her eggs under water.




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Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Eric,

I see the fabulous nature of your pictures and it's a thrill. Still, I cannot figure out the biology! What on earth is going on? It seems like one is connected to the thorax of the other/ How on on earth that is plumbed for mating is puzzling, indeed!

Asher
 

Eric Diller

New member
Eric,

I see the fabulous nature of your pictures and it's a thrill. Still, I cannot figure out the biology! What on earth is going on? It seems like one is connected to the thorax of the other/ How on on earth that is plumbed for mating is puzzling, indeed!

Asher

Asher,

After they mate the male will fly around connected to the back of the females head while see lays her eggs in the water. She will deposit eggs in several location and daddy sticks right to her!
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Asher,

After they mate the male will fly around connected to the back of the females head while see lays her eggs in the water. She will deposit eggs in several location and daddy sticks right to her!

Lkely then, he helps in the process some way. Perhaps it is to keep other males away or else to stabilize her during egg laying so she does not drift.

Asher
 
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