Xenos peckii (Strepsiptera) mating, (Aug 23 2014) on host paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus.

This male mated 3x in less than 20 seconds! He will only live approx 4 hours as an adult; his only purpose in life being to locate the endoparasitic, neotenic, female that is embedded in her active host wasp.

Citation:
Hrabar M., Danci A., McCann S., Schaefer, P.W., Gries G. 2014. New findings on life history traits of Xenos peckii (Strepsiptera: Xenidae). Canadian Entomologist. 146(5):514-527.
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