Nice observation from the pictures by Pankaj ji. This bug and other relatives of this bug is a florivore. Generally they love to feed on flower buds at its tender stage sometimes I saw them feeding the nectary as well. My present study on Syzygium involves predation as well. There I use to see a bug (we havent identified it) feeding on the nectary and they partially damages the nectary and few occasions it ultimately damages the flower itself. One has to check whether the bug feed on the latex of Euphorbiacean members. More studies are now on track to record the predation of several species. It happens with orchid flowers as well especially ground orchids.
Regards Giby On Feb 17, 7:46 pm, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is very strange. Does this bug love Euphorbiaceae plants? If > anyone can throw some light on this. May be it loves Euphorbian latex > :)) > I have seen it on Securinega most of the times. > Regards > Pankaj > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks to Nayan ji who had provided me this ID long ago !! > > This herbaceous shrub is not a climbing herb as much have observed in > > forests around Thane ... though of course, the plant often grows slant up to > > a metre or two. > > > Regards. > > Dinesh. > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Prashant awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Perfect. Thanks Dinesh for the ID. I had seen this plant for the first > >> time. > > >> I had spotted 2 beetles on it and both gave good pose to my camera. > > >> regards > >> Prashant > > >> 2011/2/16 Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > > >>> Baliospermum montanum ... commonly known as: red physic nut, wild castor, > >>> wild croton, wild sultan seed • Bengali: দন্তী danti, দন্তিগাছ > >>> dantigaacha • > >>> Hindi: दन्ती danti • Kannada: ದಮ್ತಿ damti, ಕಾಡು ಹರಳು kaadu haralu, > >>> ನಾಗದಮ್ತಿ > >>> naagadamti • Konkani: baktumbo • Malayalam: ചെറിയദന്തി ceriyadanthi, > >>> നാഗദന്തി naagadanthi • Marathi: दंती danti, कातरी katari • Nepalese: अजय > >>> पाल > >>> ajaya pal, दुधे झार dudhe jhaar • Oriya: ଏକ ପ୍ରକାରର ଔଷଧ • Sanskrit: दन्ती > >>> danti, दन्तिका dantika, दीर्घ dirgha, एरण्डपत्रिका erandhapatrika, > >>> एरण्डफला > >>> erandhaphala, मकूलकः makulakah, नागदन्ती nagadanti, नागविन्ना nagavinna, > >>> निकुम्भः nikumbha, प्रत्यक्श्रेणी pratyaksreni, रेचनी rechani, रूक्षा > >>> ruksha, शीघ्रा shigra, विशल्य vishalya, उडुम्बरपर्णी udumbaraparni • > >>> Tamil: > >>> பேயாமணக்கு pey-amanakku • Telugu: అడవి ఆముదము adavi amudamu, కొండ ఆముదము > >>> kond amudamu, నేల జీడి nela jidi, నేపాళము nepalamu > > >>> Regards. > >>> Dinesh > > >>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Prashant awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > > >>>> Dear Friends, > > >>>> I had seen this climbing herb at CBD Belapur hills, Navi Mumbai. > > >>>> Date/Time: 16-02-2011 / 09:15AM > >>>> Location: CBD Belapur Hills, Navi Mumbai > >>>> Habitat: Wild > >>>> Plant Habit: Herb (around 1m long) > >>>> Leaves: Alternate > >>>> Flowers: Yellow, Flower head around 3 to 4mm. > > >>>> regards > >>>> Prashant > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India
