MOTH - Carea varipes ( Nolidae )

MY OBSERVATIONS
Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram

17-10-1996 – Collected a caterpillar from Syzygium tree

The first three segments fused to become ball-like part

There is three pair of legs with nails is seen in this ball like part and a small black head is seen in front of this part

Very light yellow coloured suckers are there in 6.7.8.9 and12 th segments

                           There is no hairs in the body, it is polished

When viewing through microscope, we can see the movement of the internal organs through the           head and body. It means that the outer skin is transparent

HOST PLANT: Syzygium cumini (Jambul) (Jnaval – in Malayalam)

Kingdom:       Plantae

(unranked):    Angiosperms

Order:             Myrtales

Family:           Myrtaceae

Genus:           Syzygium

                            Species:         S. cumini

17-10-1996 – Started pupation in the evening at 7.30 by pasting the edges of the leaf using a web produced from its mouth.Inside this covering there is also another covering with the web

18-10-1996 -  Completely changed to pupa in the morning

27-10-1996 – Emerged in the night at 8.00

ANOTHER OBSERVATION

24-11-2010 -  Collected another caterpillar from the same tree

25-11-2010 – Pupated

04-12-2010 – Emerged in the night

IT TAKES 9 DAYS FOR EMERGING
Courtesy : K. Jayaram