tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212938100416004042024-03-05T06:11:34.194-08:00Insects of KeralaK.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-63787889630429641022016-07-30T04:24:00.003-07:002016-07-30T04:24:51.555-07:00MOTH<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-31124760108346882542016-07-20T08:22:00.002-07:002016-07-20T08:40:44.805-07:00COMMON MIME (Papilo clytia) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: cyan;">Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: yellow;"> collected a Caterpillar from <i>Persea macrantha</i> plant</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Phylum:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Arthropoda</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Class:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Insecta</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Order:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Lepidoptera</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Genus:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Papilio</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Subgenus: Chilasa</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Species:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Papilio clytia</span></div>
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/></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: lime;"> <i>Persea macrantha</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> Kingdom:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Plantae</i></span><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> (unranked):<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Angiosperms</i></span><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> (unranked):<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Magnoliids</i></span><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> Order:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Laurales</i></span><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> Family:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lauraceae</i></span><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> Genus:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Persea</i></span><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> Species:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>P. macrantha</i></span><br />
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K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-5043978659457968992016-07-20T07:06:00.000-07:002016-07-20T07:06:28.863-07:00PRAYING MANTIS EGG<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: yellow;">A long leathery egg case was found in Aracaria cunnighamia plant. In the same plant three praying mantis were also seen. The egg may be of praying mantis</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Near the egg case a praying mantis was seen regularly</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">08-9-11 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Collected some eggs in a leaf</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIGZyvpk4VFsQAU3oD-ixc8Mrogyxh338moWIuJiPkVUT4XLabAySMwUAhPDzUznGcxZyqZ4dq8Ep2MEdvgCmxAvtNmuauu4J6BJNE3A7JLwZXFBoLwNQt5fO9x_FcLDkIM1kUVTNpOw/s1600/DSC04657-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIGZyvpk4VFsQAU3oD-ixc8Mrogyxh338moWIuJiPkVUT4XLabAySMwUAhPDzUznGcxZyqZ4dq8Ep2MEdvgCmxAvtNmuauu4J6BJNE3A7JLwZXFBoLwNQt5fO9x_FcLDkIM1kUVTNpOw/s400/DSC04657-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal;"><o:p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> </span></o:p></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Eggs are only 2 mm in diameter</span></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_5vMekWLn8051I2ztjqi_YH2onANc66z1U9VM0sj9QlN48CCPqFmAVq9Fbf9ARpLuAsZZf2vwnrrW-0TxkBEmlzTn09dz7fv0bEES6oyWB4mG1DtXR6ffonznqf5KJjRMlHIuLTUkys/s1600/DSC04658-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_5vMekWLn8051I2ztjqi_YH2onANc66z1U9VM0sj9QlN48CCPqFmAVq9Fbf9ARpLuAsZZf2vwnrrW-0TxkBEmlzTn09dz7fv0bEES6oyWB4mG1DtXR6ffonznqf5KJjRMlHIuLTUkys/s400/DSC04658-1.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> Enlarged view</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></em></div><br />
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</span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">27-01-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Emerged out </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">It is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"> “Giant Red Eye” (</span></span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Gangara thyrsis thyrsis)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcZxcUe-2asoAUjSsVeMs2WB_dkEPfXVVXyCdRUx_W8S4_c1ysjdmLHx03ZCcrSAFcD0ukHGE3QasrsTP0pNTXCV2LqQFlC3FGoaqJY-T9fDcIUejF0XwZWRskQjaKOKRoqJaBm8Kz10/s1600/DSC08933-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcZxcUe-2asoAUjSsVeMs2WB_dkEPfXVVXyCdRUx_W8S4_c1ysjdmLHx03ZCcrSAFcD0ukHGE3QasrsTP0pNTXCV2LqQFlC3FGoaqJY-T9fDcIUejF0XwZWRskQjaKOKRoqJaBm8Kz10/s640/DSC08933-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kingdom: <span class="kingdom">Animalia</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Phylum:<span> </span><span class="phylum">Arthropoda</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Class:<span> </span><span class="class">Insecta</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Order:<span> </span><span class="order">Lepidoptera</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Family:<span> </span><span class="family">Hesperiidae</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Genus:<span> </span><span class="genus"><i>Gangara</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Species: <span class="species"><i>G. thyrsis</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Also check the blog</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> White Caterpillar from Kollam</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div></div>K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-44689061430209871962011-09-08T22:59:00.000-07:002011-09-08T22:59:12.398-07:00MOTH-3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">13-1-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">collected a caterpillar. There are number of different aged caterpillars in the plant.</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNiQ2t1G-mu0ML11L4PDQxfGbeEN49GweI8-MkHDOirS77hhPUlG_GkXN8LZ6hRyYVijBaEmMOkksPMVbPXgi8hFPUzdJgNw5SF8AQI3GuuSvBxkjtFNnQrtTleVmDhdB9mj92rnZPAQ/s1600/DSC06114-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNiQ2t1G-mu0ML11L4PDQxfGbeEN49GweI8-MkHDOirS77hhPUlG_GkXN8LZ6hRyYVijBaEmMOkksPMVbPXgi8hFPUzdJgNw5SF8AQI3GuuSvBxkjtFNnQrtTleVmDhdB9mj92rnZPAQ/s640/DSC06114-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .75pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Host Plant :</span> <span> </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Breynia patens</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">(Roxb.) Rolfe</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">Common Name: Cup & Saucer,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: cyan;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Peruniuri</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">(Malayalam),</span></span></span><em style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"> <span> </span></span></em><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">The plant grows as a shrub with spreading branches</span></span><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvuLw0huvm5BMXanAUDDAuENuf90_-ColnzXzN8RJiijGFKHym5_cFvnq-Qgu3QfFubhLYHGcZb0nSdtCFjtXDqBVxEZFi0pIYfWGCvMuTikBLtpiItI89JfjWMTFoQmIEVeOPvE3-BA/s1600/DSC06110-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvuLw0huvm5BMXanAUDDAuENuf90_-ColnzXzN8RJiijGFKHym5_cFvnq-Qgu3QfFubhLYHGcZb0nSdtCFjtXDqBVxEZFi0pIYfWGCvMuTikBLtpiItI89JfjWMTFoQmIEVeOPvE3-BA/s640/DSC06110-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBH4PbAlaKtCttN1r4ryrpyo6kQCHogtXUFeUo2RO0KF6j0OskorhctctcUNLrBsd7KQA59dsENSSb9DFLtsu4Kf4adMhOU6yJmQ3Q_Jahan-Qt_zCa0rfPBueP5qHR5JhV4p3DbRZSMg/s1600/DSC06108-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBH4PbAlaKtCttN1r4ryrpyo6kQCHogtXUFeUo2RO0KF6j0OskorhctctcUNLrBsd7KQA59dsENSSb9DFLtsu4Kf4adMhOU6yJmQ3Q_Jahan-Qt_zCa0rfPBueP5qHR5JhV4p3DbRZSMg/s640/DSC06108-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">04-03-2011-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The second cocoon is not yet emerged. So</span> <span class="Apple-style-span">dissected. </span></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSI7oGDI6hmlIETtSYp6ry3UbfVwMSaPAuSy4OJrgHZltxrwauKn1zr_pgHYSlEDk4_ohcGyNTf2-Awxga4b4OGNg0p-ZmugoCTEMdB1ggd_5t8aJVXjL-I3PzX4Wcd0Jm-VYwT4zddI/s1600/DSC08534-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSI7oGDI6hmlIETtSYp6ry3UbfVwMSaPAuSy4OJrgHZltxrwauKn1zr_pgHYSlEDk4_ohcGyNTf2-Awxga4b4OGNg0p-ZmugoCTEMdB1ggd_5t8aJVXjL-I3PzX4Wcd0Jm-VYwT4zddI/s400/DSC08534-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal;">Inside the cocoon a baby wasp was found dead. So the cocoon is parasited.</span></em></span></span></em></span></span></div></div>K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-84755074492308287602011-08-11T08:13:00.000-07:002011-09-24T06:37:46.432-07:00Antlion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Kingdom: <span class="kingdom">Animalia</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Phylum: <span class="phylum">Arthropoda</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Class: <span class="taxoclass">Insecta<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Subclass: Myrientomata<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: black; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;"><span class="apple-style-span">Section: Pterygota</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Division: Neoptilota<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Subdivision: Endopterygota<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: black; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Superorder: Neuropteroidea</span></span></span><span style="color: lime; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Order: <span class="order">Neuroptera</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Suborder: <span class="suborder">Myrmeleontiformia</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Superfamily: <span class="superfamily">Myrmeleontoidea</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 82.65pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Family: </span><span class="family"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Myrmeleontidae</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><span class="family"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">The larva always moves backwards.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBIzPpoYJiqJS6iIMco5wVtYSeW13XckfBfzC17tWz3X2IVJoZlWZoq83I8J25oraTSTWltlM3byViCXLvtdTd29Py5OetylnENv3J4d8di5ZlXOijHMIZV4hZfI8zChlDbBDX7n7OLE/s1600/DSC02850-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBIzPpoYJiqJS6iIMco5wVtYSeW13XckfBfzC17tWz3X2IVJoZlWZoq83I8J25oraTSTWltlM3byViCXLvtdTd29Py5OetylnENv3J4d8di5ZlXOijHMIZV4hZfI8zChlDbBDX7n7OLE/s400/DSC02850-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><span class="family"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><span class="family"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">The larva makes a conical shaped pit in the loose sand and waiting for a prey, usually ants and small insects, which passing through the sides of the pit and slipped into the pit. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Rp_pCPu_Sx0fWdHCV7SHi8u8conLlgvNkABiep2HctrG2StWcEIkdS92GXNrOVlAsrUn6aS3bc0Lknk5mvdjvpDPBdDeemjctxpMKukQl1dHYE_s63Ej6nBN5BSKvVdsiTG-davXUxc/s1600/DSC06233-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Rp_pCPu_Sx0fWdHCV7SHi8u8conLlgvNkABiep2HctrG2StWcEIkdS92GXNrOVlAsrUn6aS3bc0Lknk5mvdjvpDPBdDeemjctxpMKukQl1dHYE_s63Ej6nBN5BSKvVdsiTG-davXUxc/s400/DSC06233-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><span class="family"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><span class="family"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">The angle of the pit is adjusted so that no prey can escape from it. Simultaneously the antlion flicks sand to the victim and grabs it when it falls near. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaTq2Ubn1rLbtx1wRRRQ44uNwm5um3GKHSVyA3XKt1t-HrzdTXSeKK375CqFyyh_AW8AAQldcL9u_uuJ4rdYqefGNcYFYQjVL5Ml3l_vqq0uIgKeSCOk5oLpNuouC6IARaq8T51Z6jOA/s1600/DSC06235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaTq2Ubn1rLbtx1wRRRQ44uNwm5um3GKHSVyA3XKt1t-HrzdTXSeKK375CqFyyh_AW8AAQldcL9u_uuJ4rdYqefGNcYFYQjVL5Ml3l_vqq0uIgKeSCOk5oLpNuouC6IARaq8T51Z6jOA/s400/DSC06235.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><span class="family"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><span class="family"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">The two powerful jaws of the larva is capable of grabbing the prey and injecting a liquid venom which liquefies the body parts of the victim inside its exoskeleton.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><span class="family"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">Larval stage takes about 2-3 years to become pupa. Pupation period is about 20 days. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><span class="family"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">Adult emerging in the evening and comes to the surface and climbs to the nearby plant and takes nearly half an hour for stretching its wings fully.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DGXkqWsmawQ7D_s_W7ydpST4v3lcZfaBsa-AdUd8-eISzgVkfz13sfHX6lb6piclP9aba3r2qzr-x9Df2sFwnw079c0BMSpDDfy_EbC32kRiWMv8BmGMgDyS1ONdhw80hZBDxDKdYzc/s1600/Antlion+fly+-corre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DGXkqWsmawQ7D_s_W7ydpST4v3lcZfaBsa-AdUd8-eISzgVkfz13sfHX6lb6piclP9aba3r2qzr-x9Df2sFwnw079c0BMSpDDfy_EbC32kRiWMv8BmGMgDyS1ONdhw80hZBDxDKdYzc/s400/Antlion+fly+-corre.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><span class="family"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 73.35pt;"><span class="family"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">Adult antlion fly is having a clubbed antennae. They do not eat ant or insects. Usually they may not eat anything. Its aim is to mate and reproduction. Its life span is only about 20 to 45 days.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Location :</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Malayinkil, Thiruvananthapuram</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">8-6-11-</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Seen mating in grass at 12 noon</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTUIDFVra8krkzTDlFo2z-bR2ybkgb_jeiv6rCo1FVpesJKKRL73gYbww3OJIcl_Cp4H3RNtUuCeOandwEwM32GV_TyPqdONlTdvRQQwf6mfdfjBq4Uxmny8f4b6pMvLGUzsQ0HQpBEE/s1600/DSC01500-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTUIDFVra8krkzTDlFo2z-bR2ybkgb_jeiv6rCo1FVpesJKKRL73gYbww3OJIcl_Cp4H3RNtUuCeOandwEwM32GV_TyPqdONlTdvRQQwf6mfdfjBq4Uxmny8f4b6pMvLGUzsQ0HQpBEE/s640/DSC01500-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcq4FKTGaaovk7L4EX3nB-JRNa_9wERDu6903JPcU9sSudCLvUyd0UIV9utJIocysQP5fE5mrr8UCta0q9n4e0uQO8yBdr7kwcudzlT8szBoxW_5C2-blorOTYeB0oKuo539QXnYgbDg/s1600/DSC01499-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcq4FKTGaaovk7L4EX3nB-JRNa_9wERDu6903JPcU9sSudCLvUyd0UIV9utJIocysQP5fE5mrr8UCta0q9n4e0uQO8yBdr7kwcudzlT8szBoxW_5C2-blorOTYeB0oKuo539QXnYgbDg/s640/DSC01499-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Location:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Palode, Thiruvananthapuram</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">MY OBSERVATIONS</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -72.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">19-5-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Seen a praying mantis guarding its egg (oothaca) in a mangostein tree leaf. There is one more egg is there in another leaf.</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCFzb6169BotM7OEd7O4-D38hbgT89RJ2K8ZxZkJBCMyG3fowmUM_UqdQ-cspiw3kc8zq9MkTZLfxhr_8q8yPxVXxsXlr05uCW2dIKyO2iAqKFEaVUrBPyG1Ai_Le997qPe3n94T0Z3Y/s1600/DSC00655-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCFzb6169BotM7OEd7O4-D38hbgT89RJ2K8ZxZkJBCMyG3fowmUM_UqdQ-cspiw3kc8zq9MkTZLfxhr_8q8yPxVXxsXlr05uCW2dIKyO2iAqKFEaVUrBPyG1Ai_Le997qPe3n94T0Z3Y/s400/DSC00655-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</span></em></div>K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-71684861119716761092011-06-05T07:18:00.000-07:002011-06-06T09:34:30.479-07:00CICADA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 76.55pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">The name cicada is derived from Latin which means “Tree Cricket”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 76.55pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Kingdom:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span> <span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="kingdom"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Animalia</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Phylum: </span> <span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="phylum"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Arthropoda</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Class:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"> <span class="class">Insecta</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Order:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span> <span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="order"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Hemiptera</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Family:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> </span> <span class="family"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Cicadidae</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="family"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the world</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cicada do not</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">bite</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">or</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">sting<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Male cicadas are loud noisemakers . They making this noice by vibrating the membranes called "tymbals" on the sides of the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">abdominal</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">base.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each species has its own distinctive sound.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The newly hatched</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">nymphs</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">drop to the ground and they dig the ground and burrow. Most cicadas go through a life cycle that lasts from two to five years.</span></span><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After these periods it come outs to surface after a heavy rain and climbs in a tree branch and moulting and become an adult cicada</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Location :</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Palode, Thiruvananthapuram</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">17-05-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Caterpillar in the flower of </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Acampe</span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"> orchid<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">It can hung in its own web</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpLhkhe30YUaeLH0JXAWFem_pq2L18ktzlJv4neOkbE5C9PPOD2ZllvbkNSP_zD21AxetwtgqD5jTM0zG6MVJPXy-7n5jo1-Xnrb_dSb7LxzJixfQRMwZ2TkYkg_Nclz8l1bBtDFY7NU/s1600/DSC00589-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpLhkhe30YUaeLH0JXAWFem_pq2L18ktzlJv4neOkbE5C9PPOD2ZllvbkNSP_zD21AxetwtgqD5jTM0zG6MVJPXy-7n5jo1-Xnrb_dSb7LxzJixfQRMwZ2TkYkg_Nclz8l1bBtDFY7NU/s320/DSC00589-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></em></div><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The caterpillar may be the parasited</span></span></em></div>K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-50756197893512248102011-06-01T08:05:00.001-07:002011-06-01T08:05:46.212-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Location :</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Malayinkil, Thiruvananthapuram</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><br />
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</span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">23-03-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Collected a caterpillar from an Ixora plant<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">It is bulky and hairy</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVNvtRpghVLuOa7BkgZRjyaDvXHw-gciFPNZzADOJAWuxh_89OXeqDndb8ijs-D46vbVc6JAHQSBMb2vojPvxKoXkoKhctUjgkoc5FKPY24qw43a15sHyu8MZLJu5Go2clIePDRYr8VE/s1600/DSC01045-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVNvtRpghVLuOa7BkgZRjyaDvXHw-gciFPNZzADOJAWuxh_89OXeqDndb8ijs-D46vbVc6JAHQSBMb2vojPvxKoXkoKhctUjgkoc5FKPY24qw43a15sHyu8MZLJu5Go2clIePDRYr8VE/s320/DSC01045-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">28-03-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Caterpillar died. But another pupa was seen in the bottle.</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">18-04-2011 – </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">The pupa emerged and it was a fly</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><br />
</div><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">THE CATERPILLAR WAS PARASITED BY THE FLY</span></span></em></div>K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-81195983993141722022011-05-21T22:48:00.000-07:002011-05-21T22:48:02.073-07:00COMMON BARON BUTTERFLY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Location :</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Thucklai, Tamilnadu</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">14-03-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Got one pupa from Thucklai<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"> </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;">Caterpillar moulted before pupating. The outer cover is also seen with the pupa</span></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMMxEXg3hwPbW7PgyXuCroDnf40qvJjs9Mu3p3T-uVMuZz4IYmxksMFQk_dJZxRWWyF_WzrGGayd80Gy1qropr94zkeYqeS6nmZZll-kgyZL0zKAjrDXquNA0K6tFQFvyGPMIVIb7SPE/s1600/DSC00820-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMMxEXg3hwPbW7PgyXuCroDnf40qvJjs9Mu3p3T-uVMuZz4IYmxksMFQk_dJZxRWWyF_WzrGGayd80Gy1qropr94zkeYqeS6nmZZll-kgyZL0zKAjrDXquNA0K6tFQFvyGPMIVIb7SPE/s320/DSC00820-1.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">22-03-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Emerged in the morning</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiplX7Ua2nWqxkXwimx4cBrK88IM-ocZDK1cseeuTP9FETxwSaMa3KuTpDOGcWMVDN6EPx60OK-yFaNaxB0_i5moX-oDp_fkOyLhO7FT8DvDHsF85iCpy9cw5BJ5NJGMzCXF8VP1TFg0Q/s1600/DSC01023-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiplX7Ua2nWqxkXwimx4cBrK88IM-ocZDK1cseeuTP9FETxwSaMa3KuTpDOGcWMVDN6EPx60OK-yFaNaxB0_i5moX-oDp_fkOyLhO7FT8DvDHsF85iCpy9cw5BJ5NJGMzCXF8VP1TFg0Q/s400/DSC01023-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">IT IS </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">COMMON BARON BUTTERFLY</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Euthalia aconthea</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">“Maanthalir Salabham”</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> in Malayalam</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 77.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Kingdom:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="kingdom"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Animalia</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 77.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Phylum</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">:<span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="phylum"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Arthropoda</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 77.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Class: </span> <span class="class"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Insecta</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 77.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Order: </span> <span class="order"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Lepidoptera</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 77.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Family: </span> <span class="family"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Nymphalidae</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 77.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Genus: </span> <span class="genus"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Euthalia</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 77.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Species:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="species"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">E. aconthea</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 77.85pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 77.85pt;"><span class="species"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Pupa case after emerging</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrLBkXKIIDWkN3uVEk5smrXU3DsqqD-eZGsA3IOYwEC93ptQJIxjTi1ecH8kcsf9gZcS6nk3wZgVPcm9Efch6wfCl8emYKFvFOxvi2g9vClLo1UiU1fuPd6qkh-17R1oXehznygxsif0/s1600/DSC01039-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrLBkXKIIDWkN3uVEk5smrXU3DsqqD-eZGsA3IOYwEC93ptQJIxjTi1ecH8kcsf9gZcS6nk3wZgVPcm9Efch6wfCl8emYKFvFOxvi2g9vClLo1UiU1fuPd6qkh-17R1oXehznygxsif0/s320/DSC01039-1.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 77.85pt;"><span class="species"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">COURTESY : Dr. S. Mukunthakumar, TBGRI</span></span></span></div></div>K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-14413435015611462682011-05-21T08:10:00.000-07:002011-05-21T08:10:24.488-07:00BLUE TIGER MOTH-2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Location :</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Thachottukavu, Near Malayinkil, Thiruvananthapuram</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">20-02-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Collected a Caterpillar </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2Y7326aCWDnB91ih9cBYF407ZeZEtXdIkIIgQlVLqWV3eT5sG7SXGVxu2U2aF_hvCwPP6RW0PliciizlzesJvemAKN29Z9PUdM-1UriK9kopnMKLXFYfx_sHVH1KK28Sbhe1LK7Z9gI/s1600/DSC00168-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2Y7326aCWDnB91ih9cBYF407ZeZEtXdIkIIgQlVLqWV3eT5sG7SXGVxu2U2aF_hvCwPP6RW0PliciizlzesJvemAKN29Z9PUdM-1UriK9kopnMKLXFYfx_sHVH1KK28Sbhe1LK7Z9gI/s320/DSC00168-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">24-02-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Become Pupa</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">08-03-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Emerged in the morning at 8 AM</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpaRoamZ1elprGyTztw0Dy7zBQXbo5Abt85LYa5SclSjrIrsf7hRTQ7XjfsJtbOYMTrN_oULv-uV2d2StT_oUEoMojVCzu6iPVF8ZGvQ1qNC2yesEHSkomRg06QLq8BQeCZbgU2IRlVA/s1600/Dysphania_palmyra-01-500x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpaRoamZ1elprGyTztw0Dy7zBQXbo5Abt85LYa5SclSjrIrsf7hRTQ7XjfsJtbOYMTrN_oULv-uV2d2StT_oUEoMojVCzu6iPVF8ZGvQ1qNC2yesEHSkomRg06QLq8BQeCZbgU2IRlVA/s320/Dysphania_palmyra-01-500x300.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">IT IS A</span> </span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">BLUE</span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">TIGER MOTH</span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Dysphania</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">percota</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">(Swinhoe, 1891)</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Kingdom:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Animalia</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> Phylum:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Arthropoda</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> Class:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> Insecta</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> Order</span>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> Lepidoptera</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> Family</span>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Geometridae</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> Genus:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Dysphania</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIRZm7HX1Th3qmOIEz3gjNYfxeJvEBuCdpIbHJJ2BaUlyx8-wXOdEsl0oX3R8y29zCZuIMdYzomeetTZsk1fxd4U-fgVFN3EuTuB7lFVSCZlefAHfSbxRVHFjpJmHHfLF6t29lVp09yo/s1600/DSC00186-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIRZm7HX1Th3qmOIEz3gjNYfxeJvEBuCdpIbHJJ2BaUlyx8-wXOdEsl0oX3R8y29zCZuIMdYzomeetTZsk1fxd4U-fgVFN3EuTuB7lFVSCZlefAHfSbxRVHFjpJmHHfLF6t29lVp09yo/s320/DSC00186-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h1 style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">HOST PLANT:</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Carallia brachiata </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">(</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> “Vallabham” in Malayalam)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1></div>K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-12825146882908767662011-05-21T07:20:00.000-07:002011-05-21T07:20:44.851-07:00COMMON INDIAN CROW BUTTERFLY- Euploea core-2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Location :</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Malayinkil. Thiruvananthapuram</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">MY OBSERVATIONS</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">13-02-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Collected a caterpillar from White Nerium plant </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><br />
</span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">HOST PLANT </span>: </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Nerium oleander</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 80.0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzf8PFzrxbas1OE5ZA-kakO0Gyd2IQHOIou7oom-ewVFE9G-1VNoZMSz9_Ps-58bWkQis9dOxabTXtdS4XXYlpxuxMnPBjOzB-U9pv3ty6MS90jK8595HxJE20lXifXKRXltZF2gOkrk/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzf8PFzrxbas1OE5ZA-kakO0Gyd2IQHOIou7oom-ewVFE9G-1VNoZMSz9_Ps-58bWkQis9dOxabTXtdS4XXYlpxuxMnPBjOzB-U9pv3ty6MS90jK8595HxJE20lXifXKRXltZF2gOkrk/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 80.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Kingdom:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="kingdom"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Plantae</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 80.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Order:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> </span> <span class="order"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Gentianales</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 80.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Family: </span> <span class="family"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Apocynaceae</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 80.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Subfamily:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="subfamily"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Apocynoideae</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 80.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Tribe: </span> <span class="tribe"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Wrightieae</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 80.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Genus: </span> <span class="genus"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Nerium</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 80.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Species: </span> <span class="species"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">N. oleander</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">17-02-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Caterpillar become large, nearly double in size within 4 days</span><o:p></o:p></span></em><br />
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</span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">18-02-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">8 PM Changing to pupa</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">19-02-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">3 AM Become pupa. Completely light yellow in colour</span><o:p></o:p></span></em><br />
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</span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">20-02-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Yellow colour of the pupa changed to glittering silver</span><o:p></o:p></span></em><br />
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</span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">28-02-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Emerged in the morning</span><o:p></o:p></span></em><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -9.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">IT IS <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">COMMON INDIAN CROW BUTTERFLY</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -9.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Euploea core vermiculata</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Arali Salabham" (in Malayalam)</span></span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 76.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Kingdom</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">:<span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="kingdom"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Animalia</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 76.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Phylum:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="phylum"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Arthropoda</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 76.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Class: </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> <span class="class">Insecta</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 76.3pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Order: </span> <span class="order"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Lepidoptera</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 76.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Family:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> <span class="family">Nymphalidae</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 76.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Genus: </span> <span class="genus"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Euploea</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 76.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Species:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="species"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">E. core</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="species"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Pupa case after emerging</span></i></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Location :</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Palode, Thiruvananthapuram</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></em></div><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> It was a fly. So the caterpillar or pupa was parasitized by the fly</span></span></em></div>K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-42113878879360113972011-05-20T20:44:00.000-07:002011-05-20T20:44:54.107-07:00COMMON JEZEBEL BUTTERFLY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Location </span>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Thucklai, Tamilnadu</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">24-01-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Collected three pupae</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwlrniNFBKqsCHjVLiOwVXfZCopCZRwvZLUXuAgovzHlRSpOsCRz1EpasvIt7__a8oIXLRVlQzMY2789b6GNwBNJrpRAChQ0MsahFumcFna7KOT-KaTjKNgzaeiuIy697PdEtZLfHbrw/s1600/DSC08723-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwlrniNFBKqsCHjVLiOwVXfZCopCZRwvZLUXuAgovzHlRSpOsCRz1EpasvIt7__a8oIXLRVlQzMY2789b6GNwBNJrpRAChQ0MsahFumcFna7KOT-KaTjKNgzaeiuIy697PdEtZLfHbrw/s320/DSC08723-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">27-01-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Emerged out in the morning</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtZ1y-zwzn54ZTxsqDJ4wFTzDyA3kIBF9bhXuSTr3_grTVvHvFXEK9iJXc6TjvnDr_5GPKxY8s_N1DcpLqXyHNl7kkNdGAAFPh6Ghrrm9C2NEE3uh72tK7N038vChMoVVwD3fzxoJtHs/s1600/Adult.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtZ1y-zwzn54ZTxsqDJ4wFTzDyA3kIBF9bhXuSTr3_grTVvHvFXEK9iJXc6TjvnDr_5GPKxY8s_N1DcpLqXyHNl7kkNdGAAFPh6Ghrrm9C2NEE3uh72tK7N038vChMoVVwD3fzxoJtHs/s320/Adult.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">It is</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Common Jezebel Butterfly</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Delius eucharis </span></span></em><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">( Drury)</span><em style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">.</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">“Vilasini Salabham”(in Malayalam)</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Kingdom:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="kingdom"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Animalia</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Phylum:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="phylum"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Arthropoda</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Class: </span> <span class="class"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Insecta</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Order: </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> <span class="order">Lepidoptera</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Family: </span> <span class="family"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Pieridae</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Genus:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="genus"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Delias</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt; tab-stops: 81.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Species</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">:<span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="species"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">D. eucharis</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">14-02-2011 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">The other two pupae were not emerged. So dissected and found empty. Both were eaten by small ants. There was small holes in the pupa case</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -81.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">COURTESY : Dr.S.Mukunthakumar, TBGRI</span></span></em></div></div>K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-65220141630679414632011-05-20T19:59:00.000-07:002011-08-21T08:34:20.339-07:00MOTH-1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Location :</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Palode, Thiruvananthapuram</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">MY OBSERVATIONS</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">07-12-2010 –</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Sunny day, 1.40 PM<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 79.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Seen in the ground grass in large numbers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 79.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Short distance flight<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> 1 CM in length</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Location :</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Palode, Thiruvananthapuram</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">MY OBSERVATIONS</span></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial;">HOST PLANT :</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Pancratium triflorum</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">( "Kaattulli" in Malayalam)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Kingdom:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> <span class="kingdom">Plantae</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">clade</span></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="clade"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Angiosperms</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">clade</span></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">: </span> <span class="clade"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Monocots</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Order: </span> <span class="order"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Asparagales</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Family: </span> <span class="family"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Amaryllidaceae</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Subfamily:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="subfamily"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Amaryllidoideae</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> Genus:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="genus"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Pancratium</span></i></span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">08-10-2011-</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Cater pillar from </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Pancratium triflorum</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> plant</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm69fxbZcVtqQzAp3a90-BSTcL1R9jwUiC64tOK7pPbelzxgSpjUkEU2UIAvFOrd11Dvw-q-ZI279-KRx5eJ6-04HfeYdR0kGrMHJPmaXOYYol2awNA-mrh7S1N7K_yNaz1XOM9mTaHNg/s1600/DSC08297-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm69fxbZcVtqQzAp3a90-BSTcL1R9jwUiC64tOK7pPbelzxgSpjUkEU2UIAvFOrd11Dvw-q-ZI279-KRx5eJ6-04HfeYdR0kGrMHJPmaXOYYol2awNA-mrh7S1N7K_yNaz1XOM9mTaHNg/s320/DSC08297-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">11-11-2010-</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Eating of leaf continued till noon<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 72.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Usually consuming 3 leaves per day<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Afternoon it hanged from the twig. I thought it is going to pupate.</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; text-indent: -90.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">15-11-2010-</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Body colour changed. Become some more black</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefYYDZ4wAnAc2IJYKLUQr-1tk3Sqlg76_-pFzWG3Ow3gRTIUTtIYLOBVGJlaICz-gpqmbEASfCSKgYvxxBzaJl-CTy2mNOv9QB7B4ykKqweAz7sxVj4cidfoz10AJ0rzd6wBmBaAfplE/s1600/DSC06060-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefYYDZ4wAnAc2IJYKLUQr-1tk3Sqlg76_-pFzWG3Ow3gRTIUTtIYLOBVGJlaICz-gpqmbEASfCSKgYvxxBzaJl-CTy2mNOv9QB7B4ykKqweAz7sxVj4cidfoz10AJ0rzd6wBmBaAfplE/s320/DSC06060-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; text-indent: -90.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; text-indent: -90.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">23-11-2010-</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Body become thin and dry</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnOxQCI9m_3AdGhq_VTX7OYDfgIJibB4VASP04KBJiso1rBu-8v-JPWyAMYCVnddkHMR5wrINWdEvNocAGdy_lT-vb5wydxm4dd4H6RgHXvv3bZUX6VflPEQ7UtK56JrglZtZD7i01Rg/s1600/DSC06127-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnOxQCI9m_3AdGhq_VTX7OYDfgIJibB4VASP04KBJiso1rBu-8v-JPWyAMYCVnddkHMR5wrINWdEvNocAGdy_lT-vb5wydxm4dd4H6RgHXvv3bZUX6VflPEQ7UtK56JrglZtZD7i01Rg/s320/DSC06127-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; text-indent: -90.0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></em></div><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">29-11-2010-</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Something emerged from its body. May be some parasite. </span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> A hole was there in the body</span></span></em></div>K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21293810041600404.post-5264366198823682472011-05-05T08:31:00.000-07:002011-05-05T08:31:12.115-07:00Dark Evening Brown (Melanitis phedima)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">05-05-2011</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">03-05-2011-</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Mating of grasshopper takes hours</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">They are general herbivores feeding on a variety of plants.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Kingdom:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="kingdom"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Animalia</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Phylum: </span> <span class="phylum"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Arthropoda</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Subphylum: </span> <span class="subphylum"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Hexapoda</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Class: </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"> <span class="class">Insecta</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Order: </span> <span class="order"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Orthoptera</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-left: 11.9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Suborder:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="suborder"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Caelifera</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div></span></div>K.Gopakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353041822372048186noreply@blogger.com0