'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...
Read ItCommon 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...
Read ItPortulaca 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...
Read ItFlowers 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 ItIn 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...
Read ItPlain 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...
Read It[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=”...
Read It[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 ItThere’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 ItThe 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...
Read ItHere’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 ItHere’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 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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