First, a couple of questions. How is the female responding to the male's advances? Is she head bobbing, arm waving or laying flat and pressing her chin and body to the ground? The male is displaying dominance. If the female is not waving or laying flat, she is not submitting. That would account for him going straight for the chin and thrashing. This is not a mating behavior. That's his way of saying...."now [bleep], you're gonna do what I tell ya"ha ha). But for real, if she's not submitting it would not be a good idea to put them together at all. Judging from your description of her behavior in her own cage and because she can see him I would say she is probably just trying to get away. I would advise moving her somewhere where they cannot see each other. If it's a new enclosure, it might also just be that she is not comfortable in it. You said it's a mesh cage, which does block light even if the light is sitting directly on top of it. This may account for her getting so close to the bulb. Remember, it's not just UVB that you are trying to provide. Light intensity actually plays a larger role. These are sun loving animals so you want to get as many lumens as possible on the animal.

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