Nelson & Anuj, It is amazing to note that apart from visual aid butterflies have to learn to smell their food plants are in an urban environment. My guess would be that butterflies have explored 1st and 2nd floor balconies with potted plants and, over time graduated floor by floor to reach such high levels. Nonetheless, it doesn't take away the remarkable feat of butterflies finding their food plants at such high levels.
Cheers, Kiran Srivastava mumbai On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Nelson Rodrigues <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > would be interesting to know how the common mormon found its way to > the 17th floor is their sense of smell so strong, any studies made > regarding how butterflies find their host plants at such great distances > > nelson rodrigues > > --- On *Sun, 9/10/11, kiran srivastava <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: kiran srivastava <[email protected]> > Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Common Mormon laying its egg on 17th floor > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, 9 October, 2011, 10:13 AM > > > > > Hi, > > A Common butterfly came to our balcony on the 17th floor and laid a couple > of eggs on our mini orange plant (origin Singapore). The round shape is > typical of swallowtail butterflies. Photo is enlarged, cropped and enhanced > by pp. Isaac Kehimkar subsequently corrected my identification and told me > it is an interesting record of a Common Mormon (and not a Common Rose, which > I thought it was) finding a food plant at this level. He clarified the egg > of the Common rose is dark maroon and not smooth. > > Cheers, > kiran > mumbai > > > > > -- Enjoy
