Sweetflag Spreadwing

Sweetflag Female Ovipositing

The Sweetflag Female in the image above is part of a tandem pair in the process of laying eggs.  I have seen the Slender Spreadwing Female, mentioned yesterday, doing the same thing while not in tandem but individually.

Sweetflag Male in Tandem

The tandem pairs catch your eye, of course, because they are a larger flying object.

Sweetflag Pair in Tandem

I don't see how this fertilizes the eggs but in some way that happens and the eggs are laid, oviposited, into the stem.

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