Photo Feature
Love Takes You To Unimaginable Heights
<p><strong>Santhosh Krishnamoorthy, Love takes you to unimaginable heights.</strong> <em>A glimmering pair of globe skimmer </em>Pantala flavescens<em> dragonflies seem suspended in mid-air as the male copulates with the female in a mating wheel. When a male has attracted a receptive female, he uses a pair of pincers to grasp her behind the neck. The female then curves her body under the male to receive the sperm. The pair then take flight in an aerial ‘mating circle’. In some dragonfly species, the females have been observed to feign death to avoid sex and avoid aggressive males to escape injuries and perhaps even death, if coerced.</em></p>
<p><strong>Location:</strong> <em>Bhadra Tiger Reserve, Karnataka</em></p>