I live on the 19th floor in Bhandup, and I have often seen butterflies outside my balcony flying straight upwards. They were either looking for food plants, or perhaps just flying upwards along the façade in a bid to get over the obstruction in the flight path.
Sanjay Marathe On 12/10/2011 18:12, "anuj jain" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Yeah Kiran that should be generally true. > > The case I mention in Singapore is for a 11th floor rooftop garden on a > shopping mall cum office building. There aren't potted plants in the balcony > of the building to act as stopovers, just a lone garden on the rooftop but we > do see butterflies being trapped in the concrete facade and crevices of the > building as they try to make their way up to the rooftop. Sometimes even > beauties like the Blue Nawab, Painted Jezebel get trapped...the unfortunate > part of insect interaction with urban jungle. > > There is good butterfly habitat around the building which is the reason these > butterflies hang around there. But as you say, climbing such heights is a > remarkable feat in itself. > > Cheers, > Anuj > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 3:38 PM, kiran srivastava <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> 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
