mating

It’s mating season for most of the 29 species of tarantulas in the United States, 10 of which can be found in California, according to Los Padres National Forest.

But mating does preoccupy our mental bandwidth, and welding together two lives is unwieldy.

They are referred to as lovebugs because they are often seen in the act of mating, with males and females attached at the hip as they fly around.

Peacocks make a number of sounds, including a piercing and distinctive scream during mating season and when they perceive a threat.

Some plants actually mimic animals, such as the South African beetle daisy, for example, which evolved petals that imitate dark flies resting on their flowers, thereby fooling bugs into "mating" with them.