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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Common Scorpionflies (Panorpidae) » Panorpa » lugubris species group (Panorpa lugubris species group) » Nuptial Scorpionfly (Panorpa nuptialis)
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Panorpa nuptialis mating - Panorpa nuptialis - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Jeffrey Cole

Panorpa nuptialis mating - Panorpa nuptialis - Male Female
Miller Farm, 0.25 miles east of Windsor, Pettis County, Missouri, USA
October 1, 2005
The male is in the left foreground, and the female is in the right background feeding on a shriveled caterpillar. The caterpillar is a nuptial gift, a prey item presented to her by the male before copulation begins.
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Contributed by Jeffrey Cole on 7 January, 2008 - 2:35pm
Last updated 12 December, 2012 - 6:23pm

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