Mystery-Insect Sex

I spied these creatures having a not-so-private interlude in somebody’s front garden on Sunday (that's right--the DC suburbs remain a swinging kind of place!). At one point they seemed to be moving away from me, but I’m not sure if that’s because they resented my interest or because they feared my lens was a predator… It’s hard to judge the inhibitions of insects sometimes.

If anyone knows what species they are, please let me know. Each one was very small—at most a centimeter long.

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