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Gymnosoma but what they are doing ?
guenille
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Posted on 22-05-2008 09:50
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Curious position for little Gymnosoma.
Is it possible to go further ? (I know it is difficult)
Thanks for help
edith
Near paris may21th, ~5mm
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another bad view
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up Wink
 
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The usual Gymnosoma rules apply, in that they are hard/impossible to identify to species from photos Wink BUT my guess (and it really is a guess, with little confidence) is G. nudifrons, but it is just a guess based on running the top (male) through the Central European key. Smile

And, what are they doing? They are training to join the circus as acrobats! Grin
Edited by ChrisR on 23-05-2008 09:59
 
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Could this be the male protecting the female from further male attention after mating with her? I know this occurs in some species, and I have seen a similar thing in Conopids. I have an article somewhere if I can fish it out.
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many thanks
 
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