kalesh, that's a great, finally this species is also done! i had to wait 10 years for confirmation of the cat that i had found in the anamalais, although i had already narrowed down to the Small Palm Bob by the process of elimination. my pictures had been on the website for reference all along:
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/PhotographyPrintsSlides/pages/SmallPalmBobCatQ.htm http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/PhotographyPrintsSlides/pages/SmallPalmBobQPupa1.htm http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/PhotographyPrintsSlides/pages/SmallPalmBobQPupa2.htm http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/PhotographyPrintsSlides/pages/SmallPalmBobQPupa3.htm hats off to your persistence! cheers, At 2:45 AM -0800 11/27/09, kalesh s wrote: > > >Hi, >see attached image for the Life cycle of The >small palmbob Suastes minuta one of the rare >skippers from south India.After repeated >failures in many years, rearing dozens of times >finally it was a success.The larvae of this >species was first discovered by Krushnamegh >kunte many years ago but sadly his pupa didnt >emerge...There are only a handful of sightings >and photographs of this species known.It eluded >us for many years and finally we have them! >cheers! >Dr.Kalesh.S >Thiruvananthapuram >Phone: Mob:9447044498; Res: 0471-2444982 >EMAIL: [email protected] >My Blog: http://theskippersofkerala.blogspot.com/ > > > >Attachment converted: Mammoth:Lifecycle of >Suastus#34CC32.jpg (JPEG/«IC») (0034CC32) -- Krushnamegh Kunte Post-doctoral Research Fellow FAS Center for Systems Biology Harvard University 52 Oxford St Northwest Lab Room 458.40-3 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Ph: (617) 496-0078 Cell: (512) 577-1370 Fax: (617) 495-2196 Email: [email protected] and [email protected] Website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh -- Enjoy
