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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Whipscorpions (Uropygi) » Thelyphonidae » Mastigoproctus » Giant Vinegaroon (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
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Mastigoproctus giganteus mating 4 - Mastigoproctus giganteus - male - female
Copyright © 2009 Arlo Pelegrin

Mastigoproctus giganteus mating 4 - Mastigoproctus giganteus - Male Female
Southwest Research Station, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
October 8, 2009
Size: 80mm (not including whip)
The final "pressing" stage: The male, having led the female over the spermatophore, rotates 180 degrees and encircles her opisthosoma with his pedipalps, and begins to press the spermatophore into her gonopore with gentle strokes of his pedipalp fingers.

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Mastigoproctus giganteus - female Mastigoproctus giganteus mating 1 - Mastigoproctus giganteus - male - female Mastigoproctus giganteus mating 2 - Mastigoproctus giganteus - male - female Mastigoproctus giganteus mating 3 - Mastigoproctus giganteus - male - female Mastigoproctus giganteus mating 4 - Mastigoproctus giganteus - male - female Mastigoproctus giganteus mating 4a - Mastigoproctus giganteus - male - female
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Contributed by Arlo Pelegrin on 9 October, 2009 - 2:43pm

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