{"id":2728,"date":"2013-07-29T00:11:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T23:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2013-07-29T22:12:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T21:12:11","slug":"red-admiral-leopard-slugs-and-a-thirsty-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/red-admiral-leopard-slugs-and-a-thirsty-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Admiral, Leopard Slugs, and a thirsty fox"},"content":{"rendered":"

More shots from the garden. The butterflies are plentiful at the moment, finally getting to enjoy the summer weather. I spotted this red admiral resting towards the end of the day.<\/p>\n

\"Butterfly\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tonight provided one of the more unusual examples of mating ritual. I’ve photographed this a number of times in the past, but it continues to fascinate. Leopard slugs are hermaphroditic, and both slugs will impregnate the other. To mate, they suspend themselves from a bungee rope which they attach to a wall (or suitable branch), and then entwine. The sex organs then emerge and wrap together forming a translucent fringed bell. Just a couple of shots from a longer sequence.<\/p>\n

\"Invertebrates\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Invertebrates\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And finally, a fox. Their behaviour has changed recently. The cubs are dispersing, and the adults are appearing singly rather than as a group. Sightings are less frequent, but Red seems still to be around and was happy to sample the water we leave out.<\/p>\n

\"Fox<\/a><\/p>\n

Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More shots from the garden. The butterflies are plentiful at the moment, finally getting to enjoy the summer weather. I spotted this red admiral resting towards the end of the day. Tonight provided one of the more unusual examples of mating ritual. I’ve photographed this a number of times in the past, but it continues […]<\/p>\n","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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","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