Milind, thanks for sharing these wonderful images and stories. Wish you an even better 2012.
With best regards, Krushnamegh. ------------------------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD Ramanujan Fellow and Reader National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) UAS-GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, Karnataka, India. Ph: + 91 9403-975-925 Email: [email protected] Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Email: [email protected] On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Min Sb <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > This year was very good in terms of photographing new species as well as > life cycles. before i write about photos, i would like to thank my friends > Hemant Ogale, Ravi Bhambure, Rohan Lovalekar, Gaurav Agavekar, Aditya > Kshirsagar, Ajay Gaikwad, Swapnil Pawar, Ruturaj Patil, Parag Rangnekar, > Omkar Dharwadkar for wonderful time on the field ! I must thank Krishnamegh > for all those ids and warm encouragement . Many thanks to my friend Peter > Smetacek for his prompt guidance and help ....milind bhakare > > 1.Blue-spotted Arab spotted in Bikaner 26.10.2011....Before going on a > family trip to Rajasthan, while going through Isaac's book, i fixed targets > of getting white arab, T.callinara, and if possible, this beauty. but > wasn't really expecting it! One day while sight seeing tour ,i was visiting > a collection of old things near a lake. The collection was not worth rs > 5/- we paid. While moving in that area, my wife spotted a different > butterfly which she promptly showed me and i was stunned to see this Blue > spotted arab which i immediately idid. then i was running around that > collection in a filthy area for almost 2 and half hrs and got this one > along with white arab. and the next day i could manage to get its > caterpillar too!!!!! > > 2.Peacock Royal male spotted in satara 23.08.2011 ....I was very > desperate to find this open wing. i shot female open wing few times but one > day early morning at my farm , i saw a peacock royal sitting on a dry leaf. > in hope of getting open wing snap , i waited there for almost an hr but it > stayed still. then while i was about to leave, my lens cap slipped and > while i was collecting it, the butterfly got disturbed and suddenly flew a > distance and sat on a leaf. i went near and to my surprise it fully opened > its wings and it was a male!!!!!!! then till i fired a 100 shots it was > there with fully open wings. > > 3.Aberrant Oakblue spotted at Karwani, Meghalaya. 23.04.2011........ > that was a wonderful trip with addition of so many species to my list and > also a wonderful get together! so many beautiful pics i have that it was > very difficult to select one. but this one was special because i spotted it > a few times but i could not manage to photograph it. a fast flier indeed. > but at the end of the trip, while coming back, our group spotted it again > and this time it was there for a few minutes allowing me to photograph. > just one of that wonderful finds in meghalaya. > > > -- Enjoy
