Courtship behaviour by carabid beetle(7.7MB, 00:00:50)Shot Date: 2003/04/27 Shot Location: Mt. Inasa, Nagasaki, Japan | ||
| species Carabus dehaanii Key Words | ||
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Animalia >Arthropoda >Insecta >Coleoptera >Carabidae >Carabus >
A male carabid beetle is mounting a female, trying to copulate her. He often touches her antennae by his antennae (visible in the 4th cut). The function of this behaviour has not been clear yet.
(Data No.momo030502cd01b)
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