mating Archives - Lizzie Harper https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image_tag/mating/ Natural History Illustration - for books, magazines & packaging Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:26:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Red deer stag Cervus elaphus https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/red-deer-stag-cervus-elaphus/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:25:52 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=13999 Illustration of Red deer buck with antlers and mane

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]]> Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/bighorn-sheep-ovis-canadensis/ Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:00:02 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=12414 Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis fighting, using his horns to charge at a mating rival.

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]]> Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis fighting, using his horns to charge at a mating rival.

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]]> Wood ant nest https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/wood-ant-nest/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:44:00 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10509 Wood ant nest.  This nest belongs to the Southern red wood ant, Formica rufa.  Wood ant nests do differ between species, although it can be hard to tell them apart.

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]]> Wood ant nest.  This nest belongs to the Southern red wood ant, Formica rufa.  Wood ant nests do differ between species, although it can be hard to tell them apart.

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]]> Nest and budded smaller nest of wood ant https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/nest-and-budded-smaller-nest-of-wood-ant/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:50:20 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10508 Nest and budded smaller nest of wood ant.  This budding often happens with wood ant species.

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]]> Nest and budded smaller nest of wood ant.  This budding often happens with wood ant species.

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]]> Social parasitism Queen and worker ants https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/social-parasitism-queen-and-worker-ants/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:39:42 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10486 Social parasitism in ants. The queen of the Slave maker ant, Formica sanguinea, being tended to by workers of Dusky ant Formica fusca.

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]]> Social parasitism in ants. The queen of the Slave maker ant, Formica sanguinea, being tended to by workers of Dusky ant Formica fusca.

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]]> Worker ant Formica aquilonia Scottish wood ant https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/worker-ant-formica-aquilonia-scottish-wood-ant/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:13:06 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10477 Worker ant F. aquilonia Scottish wood ant, in profile.  Workers are all haplodiploid, sharing much of their genetic material with their mother, the queen. This supports their eusocial colonies.

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]]> Worker ant F. aquilonia Scottish wood ant, in profile.  Workers are all haplodiploid, sharing much of their genetic material with their mother, the queen. This supports their eusocial colonies.

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]]> Male wood ant Formica lugubis Hairy wood ant https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/male-wood-ant-formica-lugubis-hairy-wood-ant/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:10:41 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10476 Male wood ant F. lugubris Hairy wood ant.  These males have dark bodies and yellow legs and genitals.  Like the females, they have wings.  Unlike the females, shortly after mating during the nuptial flight, they will die.

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]]> Male wood ant F. lugubris Hairy wood ant.  These males have dark bodies and yellow legs and genitals.  Like the females, they have wings.  Unlike the females, shortly after mating during the nuptial flight, they will die.

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]]> Queen ant Formica aquilonia Scottish wood ant https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/queen-ant-formica-aquilonia-scottish-wood-ant/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:08:23 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10473 Queen ant F. aquilonia Scottish wood ant with wings.  Newly emerged queens have wings, and following their mating and nuptial flight, they bite these off.  This enables them to burrow underground and set up a new ant nest and colony, and to begin laying eggs and raising young.

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]]> Queen ant F. aquilonia Scottish wood ant with wings.  Newly emerged queens have wings, and following their mating and nuptial flight, they bite these off.  This enables them to burrow underground and set up a new ant nest and colony, and to begin laying eggs and raising young.

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]]> Pupae and cocoon of wood ant and unsheathed pupae https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/pupae-and-cocoon-of-wood-ant-and-unsheathed-pupae/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 13:30:17 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10472 Pupae of a wood ant, both within its cocoon, and extracted.  Detail from a life cycle ant illustration by Lizzie Harper natural history and sciart illustrator

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]]> Pupae of a wood ant, both within its cocoon, and extracted.  Detail from a life cycle ant illustration by Lizzie Harper natural history and sciart illustrator

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]]> Larvae of wood ant https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/larvae-of-wood-ant/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 13:28:16 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10471 Larvae of wood ant showing their translucent bodies and segmentation.

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