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Courtship Ritual of Sminthurides weichseli - Sminthurides weichseli - male - female
Copyright © 2012 Josh D. Kouri

Courtship Ritual of Sminthurides weichseli - Sminthurides weichseli - Male Female
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
April 23, 2012
Size: under 1mm
This male was rejected by the adult female when he tried to mate. Instead the males had to "practice" on the immature females.

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Courtship Ritual of Sminthurides weichseli - Sminthurides weichseli - male - female Courtship Ritual of Sminthurides weichseli - Sminthurides weichseli - male - female Courtship Ritual of Sminthurides weichseli - Sminthurides weichseli - male - female Courtship Ritual of Sminthurides weichseli - Sminthurides weichseli - male - female Courtship Ritual of Sminthurides weichseli - Sminthurides weichseli - male - female
Contributed by Josh D. Kouri on 27 April, 2012 - 4:41pm
Last updated 29 April, 2012 - 7:44pm

Moved
Moved from Sminthurides.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 April, 2012 - 7:44pm

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