Thanks! Yes, in general butterflies have been fewer post-monsoon this year. For example, I have seen rather few Common Mormons & Lime Butterflies - and both are usually numerous. And I have seen no Common Jays and the last few years at least they have been fairly common too. On the other hand, I kept finding good numbers of Common Silverlines, Lime Blues and Plains Cupids...
best wishes Amber ________________________________ From: JANAKI TURAGA <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, November 11, 2009 10:20:36 AM Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Red Pierrots in Delhi Hi, I had seen Red Pierrots in Delhi both in 2007 and 2008-not many but in home gardens. I had posted one in august 2008. In Gurgaon, this year butterflies have been scarce and I think I have spotted this entire year just one and none after monsoon. The long and hard summer has been tough on butterflies and insects-there are few visible this year unlike last year which had good and sustained monsoon unlike the 4 day downpour this year. Hope this helps Janaki Turaga --- On Tue, 11/10/09, Amber Habib <a_ha...@yahoo. com> wrote: >From: Amber Habib <a_ha...@yahoo. com> >Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Red Pierrots in Delhi >To: butterflyindia@ yahoogroups. com >Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 3:44 PM > > > >Hi, > >I would like to ask other people from/around Delhi if they have seen any Red >Pierrots (Talicada nyseus) recently. I had been seeing a few in S. Delhi >consistently since 2004 - esp. post monsoon - and then last year there was a >sudden explosion - they were everywhere and even people not otherwise too >interested in critters would point them out to me and ask about them. I also >found them - for the first time - in Aligarh, 120 km away. They were present >in large numbers till about mid May. > >But this monsoon and after - nothing - not one. What is others' experience? > >It is particularly interesting because historically this is not a Delhi >species and is completely missing from earlier checklists. > >best >Amber >************ *** >Amber Habib >Mathematical Sciences Foundation > > -- Enjoy
