Last night's was a quick post of a few newts taken while I was out filming and photographing yet another leopard slug mating sequence. I've now seen this four or five times this season and had got to the stage where I wasn't even bothering to reach for the camera. Except last night was different. Instead of their usual location against a white painted wall near the front of the garden, the two slugs were at the rear of the garden on the fence post where I usually put the trail cam. This was much better: a dark, wooden background and a chance of some shots against empty space (i.e. a black background). So I set up the camera and (for video) used my torch for light. <\/p>\n
First a few stills. And now the video… just a shortish sequence from somewhere in the middle of the mating. The light is from my torch which was placed on the ground beneath the slugs.<\/p>\n
<\/span> Getting into position<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/span> Disengaging<\/span><\/p>\n