European Gardening: Male Gatekeeper, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Baa, I seem to be permanently stood under the Buddleja! It's a sight to see and I just stand there smiling, camera shooting away of course.

There was a pair of Green-veined Whites mating yesterday within easy reach, I took several pics but the sun was glaring through some cloud, I couldn't change angle. This male seemed more experienced and gentle, he even gave the 'kiss' afterwards. I'm wondering now if this is a procedure to produce a chemical which will help the fertilisation process. They took no notice of me.

I will post pics anyway as they are interesting, I managed to get them looking reasonable with much lessening of brightness and icreasing of contrast. See the females body in a vertical positon.