Thursday, September 8, 2011

MOTH-3


Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram

MY OBSERVATIONS

13-1-2011 – collected a caterpillar. There are number of different aged caterpillars in the plant.


Host Plant :  Breynia patens (Roxb.) Rolfe
Common Name: Cup & Saucer, Peruniuri (Malayalam),    The plant grows as a shrub with spreading branches


17-1-2011 - Colour and shape of the caterpillar changed. Edges of the leaf is pasted together. So I think is going to pupate.


18-1-2011 – Become a complete pupa



28-1-2011 – Emerged out



IT TAKES 10 DAYS TO BECOME ADULT FROM PUPA



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