A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Tachytes sp.
About 12 millimeters in length, colored as shown. Normally very alert and fast-moving, this pair paused during courtship (male on top).
Male attempting to mate with female on a blooming saltcedar tree (Tamarix sp.) in a vast open field of degraded shortgrass prairie with sunflower, yucca, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
Spotted on Jul 5, 2012
Submitted on Jan 15, 2014
1 Comment
Beautiful photograph!