Neil ji, Many thanks for the pictures. Regards, Aarti On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > My photographs taken on my property at Shahapur on 23th September 2012. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Sun, 1/6/13, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:142447] Caterpillar on Crinum Lily : Nasik : > 060113 : AK-2 > To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Balkar Singh" <[email protected]>, "N Arun Kumar" < > [email protected]>, "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 8:58 PM > > > Neil ji, > Thanks. > Forester Moth pictures on Google search seem to look different. > The pictures look like Lily Moth Caterpillar. > Will wait for validation. > Regards, > Aarti > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Neil Soares > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hi, > This is a caterpillar of a Forester moth [Eusemia adiatrix of Family > Argasitidae]. Will send my photographs of it defoliating Glory Lilies > later. My photographs of it on Antidesma bunius [locally called Amati, > Ambuti or Mala] are already in the archives of this group. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Sun, 1/6/13, Aarti S. Khale > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: Aarti S. Khale > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:142447] Caterpillar on Crinum Lily : Nasik : > 060113 : AK-2 > To: "Balkar Singh" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Cc: "N Arun Kumar" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "efloraofindia" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 7:42 PM > > Balkar ji, > Thank you for appreciation. > In the rainy season, sunlight is always low. Pictures can be much better > in proper light. > Regards, > Aarti > > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Balkar Singh > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Nice Shots Aarti Ji > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Aarti S. Khale > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Thanks Arun ji for the id. > Regards, > Aarti > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 10:46 AM, N Arun Kumar > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > these are Lily Moth Caterpillars..they feed voraciously on plants of the > Lily family. :) > > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Aarti S. Khale > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > These Caterpillars are seen only on these Crinum Lilies, eating away the > stem & buds. > Pictures taken in our Nasik home garden on 9th & 10th August, 2012. > Can you please identify these Caterpillars? > Aarti > -- > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology & > Horticulture Incharge > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > > > -- > > > > > > --
