Dear Javed, Vinod, Toshita, Pat, SP, thank you all for confirming the ID so promptly. Its a lovely romantic name too!
Sushmita On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Javed Ahmed <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mrs. Jha, > It is,indeed,a Painted Lady (*Vanessa cardui) .* > * That's a very interesting observation you've noted.Perhaps > it was attracted to the onion flower because of the essential alkaloids* > > present therein. Glad to see someone observe and note such > minute,but rather interesting and important details. > Warm regards, > Javed Jameer Ahmed. > ** > * * > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> I captured this in my terrace garden some two weeks ago, sitting on an >> onion flower. It kept coming back to it, even though there were other >> flowers. Would appreciate ID confirmation. >> >> Thank you. >> Sushmita Jha >> South Delhi >> >> > > -- Enjoy
