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Southern Romance

Southern Romance

Submit spottings of wild animals (no pets or zoo animals, please) in the southeast USA courting, mating, and parenting. Spottings demonstrating breeding-season coloration, eggs, baby animals, and similarly related topics are also welcome. Try to capture aspects of animals' lives which are unique to their breeding seasons. If possible, please include a detailed description of the spotting and whatever information you know about the life cycle of the species. Sign in to join mission

Southern Romance
Created by

Mandy Hollman

Website 47 participants 210 spottings

Warm weather is here, and love is in the air! Instinct drives all animals to "be fruitful and multiply." Some have developed incredible strategies for attracting a mate and giving their offspring the best possible chance of survival. Competition between organisms to propagate their DNA drives the process of natural selection, resulting in the incredible variety of species on our planet. The breeding season is an ideal time to spot wildlife, as animals come out of hiding and demonstrate appearances and behaviors seen only during this critical time in their lives. This mission focuses on courtship, mating, and parenting behavior among wildlife in the southeastern region of the United States. It celebrates the diversity and continuity of life on Earth.

Southern Romance

Lat: 33.97 Long: -83.60

Recent Spottings

Crane Fly Wilsons 0 2 Crane Fly
Mallard (?) Duck & Ducklings QWMom 0 2 Mallard (?) Duck & Ducklings
Canada Goose (Goslings) QWMom 2 0 Canada Goose (Goslings)
Six-spotted tiger beetles (mating) KarenL 1 0 Six-spotted tiger beetles (mating)
Snowberry clearwings (mating) KarenL 3 4 Snowberry clearwings (mating)
Plume moths (mating) KarenL 3 4 Plume moths (mating)
Unknown spotting chesterbperry 2 2 Unknown spotting
Southeastern chorus frog KarenL 6 9 Southeastern chorus frog
American Alligator (look on her tail) JasonHarris 2 1 American Alligator (look on her tail)
Red-shouldered Hawk QWMom 1 0 Red-shouldered Hawk
Black Racer QWMom 3 6 Black Racer
Alligator QWMom 0 2 Alligator
American Alligator JasonHarris 1 2 American Alligator
Southern Blackracer JasonHarris 1 0 Southern Blackracer
American Alligator JasonHarris 1 1 American Alligator
Eastern Phoebe Mandy Hollman 2 0 Eastern Phoebe
Leaf-footed Bug eggs Mandy Hollman 2 0 Leaf-footed Bug eggs
Unknown spotting KarenL 2 0 Unknown spotting
Autumn Meadowhawk dragonflies (mating pair, ovipositing in tandem) Geodialist 1 0 Autumn Meadowhawk dragonflies (mating pair, ovipositing in tandem)
Elk JackieHolmesBurns 2 2 Elk
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Mandy Hollman 4 0 Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
Eastern Coachwhip JasonHarris 2 1 Eastern Coachwhip
Gulf Fritillary Mating Pair werdgent 2 0 Gulf Fritillary Mating Pair
Common Buckeye Wilsons 3 4 Common Buckeye
Goldenrod Soldier Beetles- mating Wilsons 0 0 Goldenrod Soldier Beetles- mating
Common Green Darner dragonfly (female, oviposition) Geodialist 1 0 Common Green Darner dragonfly (female, oviposition)
Viceroy VictoriaShirley 3 2 Viceroy
Green Anole, male Mandy Hollman 1 0 Green Anole, male
Carolina Anole jmmonds 5 1 Carolina Anole
Blue-fronted Dancer damselflies (mating pair, in tandem) Geodialist 4 1 Blue-fronted Dancer damselflies (mating pair, in tandem)
Leopard Slugs LisaPowers 18 26 Leopard Slugs
Ebony Jewelwing damselflies (mating pair) chesterbperry 0 2 Ebony Jewelwing damselflies (mating pair)
Common Green Darner dragonfly (female) Geodialist 1 0 Common Green Darner dragonfly (female)
Goldenrod soldier beetles (mating) KarenL 2 1 Goldenrod soldier beetles (mating)
Carolina Satyr chesterbperry 2 16 Carolina Satyr
Blue dashers mating CricketsBlog 0 4 Blue dashers mating
Variegated fritillaries (mating) KarenL 4 2 Variegated fritillaries (mating)
Sparganothis fruitworm moths (mating) KarenL 1 0 Sparganothis fruitworm moths (mating)
Black Saddlebags dragonflies CricketsBlog 3 1 Black Saddlebags dragonflies
Slaty Skimmer dragonfly (female, oviposition, in flight) Geodialist 1 2 Slaty Skimmer dragonfly (female, oviposition, in flight)
Palestriped flea beetles (mating) KarenL 1 2 Palestriped flea beetles (mating)
Unknown spotting chesterbperry 1 0 Unknown spotting
Eastern leaf-footed bug chesterbperry 0 1 Eastern leaf-footed bug
Asian multi-colored lady beetles (mating) KarenL 1 2 Asian multi-colored lady beetles (mating)
Phantom Crane Flies (mating pair) Geodialist 6 2 Phantom Crane Flies (mating pair)
Seven-spotted lady beetle KarenL 1 4 Seven-spotted lady beetle
Eastern Amberwing dragonfly (female, oviposition, in flight) Geodialist 1 2 Eastern Amberwing dragonfly (female, oviposition, in flight)
Common Green Darner dragonfly (mating pair, in tandem, oviposition) Geodialist 1 1 Common Green Darner dragonfly (mating pair, in tandem, oviposition)
Pearl Crescent chesterbperry 0 2 Pearl Crescent
Fawn anne.baldwin78 6 7 Fawn

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