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Olibrus shining flower beetles (Phalacridae) in a thistle flower. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Sand wasps (Crabronidae) mating. California, USA
A male harvester ant (Aphaenogaster albisetosa) launches himself on a morning mating flight. Green Valley, Arizona, USA
Early morning sun catches a mating flight of Forelius mccooki in the Sonoran desert. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Male and female Forelius mccooki in the nest. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Male leaf-cutting ants (Acromyrmex versicolor) lek above the desert floor, awaiting virgin queens who fly into the swarm to mate. This species flies during the Arizona summer monsoon season, early in the morning after a soaking rain. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, the western harvester ants, mating Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
Male leaf-cutting ants (Acromyrmex versicolor) lek above the desert floor, awaiting virgin queens who fly into the swarm to mate. This species flies during the Arizona summer monsoon season, early in the morning after a soaking rain. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, the western harvester ants, mating Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
Olibrus shining flower beetles (Phalacridae) in a thistle flower.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Olibrus shining flower beetles (Phalacridae) in a thistle flower. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Olibrus shining flower beetles (Phalacridae) in a thistle flower.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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