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make love
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Copyright: aytul akel (lutya) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 20 W: 0 N: 83] (403)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-22
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon Coolpix P3, 1GB sd card
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-19 11:22
Viewed: 596
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The grasshopper's reproductive system consists of the gonads, the ducts which carry sexual products to the exterior, and accessory glands. In males, the testes consist of a number of follicles which hold the spermatocytes as they mature and form packets of elongated spermatozoa. After they are liberated in bundles, these spermatozoa accumulate in the vesicula seminalis (vas deferens).

In females, each ovary consists of ovarioles. These converge upon the two oviducts, which unite to create a common oviduct which carries ripe eggs. Each of the ovarioles consists of a germarium (a mass of cells that form oocytes, nurse cells, and follicular cells) and a series of follicles. The nurse cells nourish the oocytes during early growth stages, and the follicular cells provide materials for the yolk and make the eggshell (chorion).


Six stages of development, from newly-hatched nymph to fully-winged adult. (Melanoplus sanguinipes)During reproduction, the male grasshopper introduces sperm into the vagina through its aedeagus (reproductive organ), and inserts its spermatophore, a package containing the sperm, into the female's ovipositor. The sperm enters the eggs through fine canals called micropyles. The female then lays the fertilized egg pod, using her ovipositor and abdomen to insert the eggs about one to two inches underground, although they can also be laid in plant roots or even manure. The egg pod contains several dozens of tightly-packed eggs that look like thin rice grains. The eggs stay there through the winter, and hatch when the weather has warmed sufficiently. In temperate zones, many grasshoppers spend most of their life as eggs through the "cooler" months (up to 9 months) and the active states (young and adult grasshoppers) live only up to three months. The first nymph to hatch tunnels up through the ground, and the rest follow. Grasshoppers develop through stages and progressively get larger in body and wing size. This development is referred to as hemimetabolous or incomplete metamorphosis since the young are rather similar to the adult. Grasshoppers can lay eggs underwater.

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1554 W: 233 N: 5217] (18329)
  • [2007-05-19 12:27]

Hi Aytul,
a brilliant shot with good composition and lighting.
Well done,
Joey

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  • marjan Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 482 W: 10 N: 362] (2631)
  • [2007-05-19 12:36]

hi Aytul, excelent shot, very cleare and bright with gooddetails.
Marjan

Hi Aytul, make love not war, ok, fascinatng view of grasshoppers in love, splendid details, very well done, a great week end to you, ciao Silvio

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3060 W: 231 N: 5811] (19544)
  • [2007-05-19 23:50]

That is an amazing close-up, Aytul.
What sharpness in the details.
Exposure is just right too.
Fantastic work.
TFS. : )

Merhaba
çok iyi netlik ve ışık
Elinize sağlık

merhaba aytul; epey bir aradan sonra tekrar hosgeldin ,dogru zamanda uygun bir cekim rekler ve netlik cok iyi, keske tümünü birden görebilseydik ,cok hos tebrikler

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