• DOI:10.1163/156853973X00094
Corpus ID: 86478705

Reproductive Behavior and Its Relation To Territoriality in Cal Op Ter Yx Ma Cula Ta (Beauvois) (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

@article{Waage1973ReproductiveBA,
  title={Reproductive Behavior and Its Relation To Territoriality in Cal Op Ter Yx Ma Cula Ta (Beauvois) (Odonata: Calopterygidae)},
  author={J. Waage},
  journal={Behaviour},
  year={1973},
  volume={47},
  pages={240-256}
}

J. Waage

Published 1973

Biology

Behaviour

Pair-forming, courtship, mating, and post-copulatory behaviors are described for populations of Calopteryx maculata in the central and northeastern United States. Two pair forming displays were noted: (1) a display of the male's wings and abdomen (the cross display) at an oviposition site in his territory to an approaching female; and (2) a hovering courtship flight before a perching female. Similar displays are performed by C. aequabilis, C. splendens, and C. virgo, although intra- and… CONTINUE READING

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