'Magnificent world of butterflies'-4
Common crow butterfly is also called as common Indian crow.It belongs to family Nmyphalidae. [caption id=”attachment_44162″ align=”alignnone” width=”300″] 1. Common crow butterfly feeding on agerat...
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'Pollen world of plants'-2
Portulaca plant is also called as rose moss.It is grown as ornamental plant.Main feature of this plant is that it is having fleshy leaves,stem and branches.It is a dicot plant.Here i observed the p...
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Flowers are the organs of sexual reproduction in flowering plants.Their biological world is astonishing.The sexual reproduction is carried out by sexual organs called stamen(male sex organ) and car...
Read ItLappet moth cocoon
In march 2018, i saw this cocoon attached to one of the rods of our grill gate.And on the next day, i saw a big moth present over this cocoon.I searched on google and came to know that it is a ros...
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Plain tiger butterfly is a commonly seen butterfly in Nangal region and it is in abundance here.During my field visit ,i collected wing of this butterfly which was lying on the ground and observ...
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[caption id=”attachment_40576″ align=”alignnone” width=”300″] 1. wings of peacock pansy butterfly collected during my field visit.[/caption] [caption id=”attachment_40582″ align=”alignnone” width=”...
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[caption id=”attachment_40506″ align=”alignnone” width=”225″] 1. wing scales of blue tiger butterfly as seen under foldscope.[/caption] [caption id=”attachment_40516″ align=”alignnone” width=”22...
Read ItNagalingam Pollen -- diversity in the SAME flower!
There’s a small dense grove of Nagalingam (Couroupita guianensis) trees on campus. Here’s one of the trees with its many low thin bare branches: There’s a lovely indescribable sweet but not quite ...
Read ItIndian Laburnum pollen -- a story of many anthers
The Indian Laburnum (Cassia fistula) on campus are in full bloom! Here’s a close up one of the flower cascades: The paths on campus are strewn with flower parts: I picked up one of the falle...
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Here’s a list of pollen I have looked at (with links to some detailed posts): Eudicots Pride of India (Lagerstroemia speciosa) Poovarasi (Thespesia populnea) Thoonga Moonji (Samanea saman or ...
Read ItMeasuring pollen (Peacock flower pollen)
Here’s a common shrub in Chennai: I think there is also a variant with bright yellow flowers. I don’t know the species name, but I’ve posted it on India Biodiversity Portal to see if anyone there ...
Read ItCapgras Syndrome: a disorder of kin recognition
Capgras Syndrome is a psychiatric condition characterized by the delusional conviction that someone well known to the patient, usually a close relative, has been replaced by an imposter. The pre...
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