{"id":2335,"date":"2012-07-20T00:07:54","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T23:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2335"},"modified":"2013-11-04T19:18:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T19:18:28","slug":"leopard-slug-mating-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/leopard-slug-mating-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Leopard Slug Mating Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

It looks like the bad weather really is on its way out, and this evening was the first in some weeks when the skies have been clear. The garden is quiet apart from the surfeit of slugs which have been thriving in the damp conditions. And as though we didn't have enough of them, I caught a pair of leopard slugs in their mating dance. <\/p>\n

For those who have never seen it, the leopard slugs suspend themselves from a bungee-type rope and then entwine their bodies and sexual organ to create a shimmering bell. They are hermaphroditic so both slugs are impregnating the other simultaneously.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100mm f\/2.8L macro IS USM lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1046],"tags":[777,1133],"class_list":["post-2335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leopard-slugs","tag-leopard-slug","tag-mating","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t