copula of tobacco beetles in dry nutmeg - at the edge of an Awale game

Description:

Those little beetles (~2mm) chose the "game stones" (Awale game) I had substituted with nutmeg for feeding, living & propagating. The population in just 7 nutmeg seeds was more than 40 individuals and some larvae.For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasioderma_serricornePhylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass:Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923 Order: Coleoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (beetles, Kfer)Suborder:Polyphaga EMERY, 1886Infraorder: BostrichiformiaSuperfamily: BostrichoideaFamily: Anobiidae FLEMING, 1821 (wood borer, Nagekfer oder Pochkfer)Subfamily: XyletininaeLasioderma serricorne (tobacco beetle, Tabakkfer)Indonesia, W-Java: vic. Serpong, 3.1.2011 (in dry nutmeg)________________________________________________MP-65mm, 2X, 1/250s, f/13, ISO100, 0EV, ring-flash, hand-held(IMG_8356)