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Fairy Dance: Call of the Orange Tip - The Wedding Dance (2)

 

Hey, watch my tentacles, idiot!

Again and again, the male passed over the female, eventually touching the female each time he passed. The female would control the closeness of the encounter by uplifting or lowering her wings. In this picture, she has lifted her wings, keeping the male at some distance.

 

Another picture of the male passing and turning to come back again. ...ok darling... like it this way?

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Photographs by Maria Pfeifer, Text by Maria Pfeifer