Mating copepods

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:49 pm

You can almost hear the Barry White in the background...

Franz, you're the Copepod guy. Is the male the smaller of the pair like tropical fish?

BJ · Post by BJ » Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:45 am

Hi,

in copepods, the males are usually smaller than the females. You have caught them right at the start of mating....what happened next or were you to embarrassed to keep watching?

You may enjoy this very low tech video from the 60s on copepod mating:
http://vimeo.com/38200003

thanks for posting

Brian

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:34 am

After awhile, the male lost interest, possibly because he was responding to the Magnesium sulfate I use to slow down pond life.