Shyam, all these are wonderful moments and pictures. The names should be corrected, though:
Glassy Tiger (Parantica aglea), Dark Palm Dart (Telicota bambusae), and Common Lineblue (Prosotas nora). With best regards, Krushnamegh. ------------------------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD Ramanujan Fellow and Reader National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) GKVK, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India. Ph: +91 80 2366-6001/02, extension 6410 Mobile: + 91 9403-975-925 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Emails: [email protected], [email protected] From: SHYAM GHATE <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 09:50:37 -0800 (PST) To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Re: [Indianmoths] Photo of Year 2011 Hello Vijay, Sorry for a very belated responce but here it finally is. After debating a bit on the choice of photographs to send, I decided on sending two sets (of 3pics each). You please decide which one, if at all, to keep. cheers Here is Set 1: The butterfiles in this set are quite commonplace but I thought these were interesting records. Blue Tigress: This is a part of a sequence of photographs made at Yeoor, Thane. As this butterfly landed on the Rattlepod leaf, a cat that was feeding on it seemed to scamper for the safety of a lower leaf. In its haste, it seemed to lose balance and the butterfly seemed to stretch its antennas to prop it. Next moment, the cat flared its spikes and the butterfly withdrew as if in alarm. A moment later, the cat had dropped to the lower leaf. I don't think I really understand the sequence but I am just making a guess. Fascinating in any case. Mating games: This is also part of a sequence of pics I posted earlier on the group. It was a fascinating display of foreplay by these palm darts, with the male in the rear chasing the female all over and prodding her with its antennas, forelegs & head and the female occasionally responding by raising her abdomen. Photographed at Yeoor, Thane. Mid Air Mating: This pair of Tailed Line Blues mating was photographed at the Bhandup mangroves in Mumbai. The male was barely sitting on a twig with the female hanging by the locked organs. Look at the way she is straining her body by folding her legs underneath her. Then, disturbed by my presence, the male took off with the female still locked. That was when this picture was taken. From: Vijay Vasant Barve <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 5:46 AM Subject: [Indianmoths] Photo of Year 2011 Hi We received good response for Photo of Year 2011. If you still have not posted yours please do it soon. I have already uploaded all the photos to http://diversityindia.org/photo/thumbnails.php?album=23 if you have posted your photo and I have missed it for some reason, please let me know soon so I can locate and upload them. If you have any moths photos to share please share them on IndianMoths group for Photo of Year 2011. Details are here http://diversityindia.blogspot.com/2012/01/indianmoths-theme-of-month-januar y-2012.html Regards, Vijay -- --- Vijay Vasant Barve http://diversityindia.org/ --- -- Enjoy
