Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Clusiidae - lekking

Posted by lagura on 03-02-2009 13:39
#1
I think this is either courtship or rivalry.

Both photos were taken 27 September 2008
Edited by lagura on 04-02-2009 13:04

Posted by lagura on 03-02-2009 13:41
#2
Here is one of them. Could it be Clusiodes albimanus?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-02-2009 16:39
#3
It is called 'lekking'. See the third paragraph on http://www.tolweb.org/Clusiidae.

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 03-02-2009 20:12
#4
Here is one of them. Could it be Clusiodes albimanus?

I think so.

Posted by lagura on 04-02-2009 13:03
#5
Thanks Paul! A lot of very interesting reading on that page.

Thanks to you too Stephane!