A seldom seen sight...

[ScreaminScott]

Halictoxenos (Twisted Wing insect) male copulating with it's mate which is inside of the abdomen of the larger Lasioglossum Sweat Bee)... The males of this species have no mouth parts for feeding & die within 5 hours of their birth. Thus it's hard to get images of their procreation...

Found this again by ScreaminScott, on Flickr

Again #2 !!! by ScreaminScott, on Flickr

[pcgpcg]

The males of this species have no mouth parts for feeding & die within 5 hours of their birth...

and the females reside inside another animal's abdomen??? !!!

... Oh... amazing photos!

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Wow!

[Arlen]

That is very cool and interesting, SS. Congratulations on capturing such unusual and rare images.

And it's good to see someone else posting bug pictures here. I think it's safe to say that among all the available critters, they don't rank very high on the list of most photographers. (Or most other folks, for that matter.  

[Bob_B]

+1 Totally agree with what has been said: magnificent captures. Bug photos are awesome.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Outstanding, both for the quality of the images, and their documentation value.

[stamper]

I have to join in the chorus. Well done.

[Kerry L]

" males of this species have no mouth parts for feeding" 

I guess there's no need to say smile then? ;-) I know bad joke.

Very nice btw.

[NancyP]

Great behavioral shots, congratulations. Do you have a website?

[ScreaminScott]

No website, just my Flickr stream...Here is a link to the albums

https://www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/sets