Palmetto Tortoise Beetle- mating pair. Gainesville, Florida, USA
A pair of leaf beetles, mating. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Mating root-aphid ants, the queen carrying a mealybug in her mandibles. Acropyga live nearly entirely by consuming secretions of root-feeding mealybugs, and the mealybugs depend on the ants for dispersal and protection. When young queen ants leave the nest to mate and start new colonies, they take a mealybug with them. Portal, Arizona, USA
