Morever the posture of the adult doesn't suggest that its laying eggs. I don't see eggs either. It would help if you re-send your images with a circle around the probable eggs.
Kishen On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:48 AM, haneesh km <[email protected]> wrote: > > > hi, > i doubt it is not egg laying > as tawnycoster normally prefers passiflora species plants > and they are laying eggs in big batches under the green leaves. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/haneesh/5597918924/in/photostream > let experts confirm it. > > cheers > haneesh > > > --- On *Tue, 7/6/11, Neil Soares <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Neil Soares <[email protected]> > Subject: [ButterflyIndia] (unknown) > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, 7 June, 2011, 8:22 PM > > > > > Hi, > Photographed at my farm at Shahapur over the weekend. The black-coloured > egg of the Tawny Coster was perfectly camouflaged on the dry capsule of > Common Mallow [Thespesia lampas, syn. Azanza lampas]. Presumably the > caterpillar will feed on the fresh new leaves that will sprout with the > onset of the monsoons. > Sending a few photographs - the last one was taken by my friend Jayesh > Timbadia. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > > -- Enjoy
