Mating Sloworms

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 7, 2017983 views3 comments

Nothing gentle about this process. Found these whilst tidying up the garden. Under a wooden plank. The male holds the female by the heas. Note the small blue flecks on the males back. Dont see this very often and usually with no camera.
D200
50mm macro sigma.800 ISO125th @f11
70 % of full frame. Thanks for looking.
JohnR

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3 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 7, 2017 at 11:35 AM

Kinky snakes! frown

Actually a good action shot, depicting species behavior. Nice to have another nugget of information to tuck away!

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Comment posted by John Robinson on July 8, 2017 at 9:23 AM

Thanks Phil- certainly something you don't see too often !
Cheers
John

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 27, 2017 at 10:35 AM

John,
I do not understand why this has only received one comment "nowt so strange as folk", as they say up north.
This a great and rare image beautifully captured.

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