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Thecacera pacifica Bergh, 1883
![Thecacera pacifica: mating](../photos/Thecacera-pacifica-287d.jpg)
mating
![Thecacera pacifica: mating](../photos/Thecacera-pacifica-287e.jpg)
detail
Photos: Marketa Murray: Kawaihae, Big Island; July 30, 2018.
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![Thecacera pacifica: strting to injecting hormones](../photos/Thecacera-pacifica-287l.jpg)
20:45: starting to inject hormones prior to copulation
![Thecacera pacifica: injecting hormones](../photos/Thecacera-pacifica-287g.jpg)
20:58: injecting hormones
![Thecacera pacifica: disengaging after injection](../photos/Thecacera-pacifica-287h.jpg)
24:07: disengaging after injection of hormones
![Thecacera pacifica: starting to align for copulation](../photos/Thecacera-pacifica-287j.jpg)
24:32: starting to align for copulation
![Thecacera pacifica: alignment proceeding](../photos/Thecacera-pacifica-287k.jpg)
26:06: alignment proceeding
![Thecacera pacifica: fully copulating](../photos/Thecacera-pacifica-287i.jpg)
26:57: fully copulating
![Thecacera pacifica: starting to release](../photos/Thecacera-pacifica-287m.jpg)
27:06: starting to release
shows animals injecting
seminal fluid (presumably containing hormones that promote mating/egg
development/egg laying) prior to copulation as well as copulation; time is "minutes:seconds" when the photo was taken
Photos: Rob Johnson: Kawaihae, Big Island; May 24, 2022.
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