Caption

Red-necked silpha two beetles sitting on hedgehog spines mating looking left

Date

Apr 26, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Ludwig Werle

Reference

BRK24C41_122

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

23,9Mb (891,6Kb) / 11,8in x 7,9in / 3543 x 2362 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 2 animals Beetle Beetles Coleoptera Erinaceidae Hedgehog Hedgehog spine Hedgehog spines Hedgehogs Insect Insecta Insectivora Insectivore Insectivores Insects Mammal Mammalia Mammalian Mammals No People Oiceoptoma thoracicum Red-necked Silphe Silphidae Two Animal Two Animals adult adult animal adult animals adult male animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal couple animal pair animal pairs animals auf behavior behaviour bug burying beetle carrion beetle copula copulate copulation couple couples courtship display deserted empty female female animal female animals females habitat large carrion beetle large carrion beetles maiting pair male male animal male animals males mate mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time matings mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody old animal pair pair of animals pairing perched prick prickly pricks reproduction reproductions rutting season sex sexual intercourse sit sitting social behavior social behaviour social behaviours spiky spine spiny two uninhabited wildlife photography fauna sexualities sexuality wildlife