wonderful! i did not know that you were involved in this, and that you were trying to keep the adults live. if you feed them rotting fruits/toddy, etc., you might be able to keep them alive for a long time and perhaps induce them to mate and breed in captivity. that will be particularly exciting.
At 12:30 AM +0530 8/26/08, Unni Pulikkal wrote: >I was excited by the interest of the members in >the life history of the Palm King, Amathusia >phidippus. More exciting were the excellent >pictures posted by Susanth, and, I think, this >mail would add to the current discussions in the >group. > >I was lucky enough to be part of this study on >the natural history of the Palm King under the >guidance of Dr George Mathew of the Kerala >Forest Reseach Institute. Sandex, a young >naturalist, collected the eggs from Thenmala >where there is a naturly sustaining population >of the Palm Kings, though rare. The study >involved the documentation of the life stages, >study of the morphology and behaviour of the >immature stages and the adult. We documented all >the stages, from egg, all instars of the larvae, >morphological changes and camouflage of the >larvae and pupae, and the whole process of >eclosion of the pupa to the adult. Currently we >are watching the adults to study its behaviour. > >I am happy to attach some of the pictures here >to share with the group members. > > >-- >Sunshines to you! >unni >................................................. >Dr.Unni Krishnan Pulikkal ARPS ><http://www.imagery.in>www.imagery.in :: ><http://www.bafindia.org>www.bafindia.org >................................................. >The Butterfly Art Foundation, India >Pady P.O., Kodaly, Thrissur Dt., >Kerala, India PIN.680699 >Cell: 9446508102 > > > >Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="Life Cycle of Palm King - Travancore.jpg" >X-Attachment-Id: f_fkbgh7wv0 >Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="Life Cycle of Palm King - Travancore.jpg" > >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Life Cycle of >Palm K#372E19.jpg (JPEG/«IC») (00372E19) -- Krushnamegh Kunte ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doctoral Student (Gilbert and Juenger Labs) Postal Address: 2401 W. 24th St (and Speedway) Patterson Laboratories, Room 442 Section of Integrative Biology University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-1095, USA Office: (512) 471-8240 Cell: (512) 577-1370 Fax: (512) 471-3878 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Academic Website: http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/AcademicsHome.htm General Website: http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/index.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
