actually, now i remember seeing an egg-laying frenzy in the anamalais once. the 4-5 females that were circling their larval host plant all laid eggs in small batches (~1-5 eggs), but never piled up like this. so both your observations are interesting.
At 5:09 PM +0530 8/28/08, Unni Pulikkal wrote: >Very interesting! > >I have seen a chain of eggs, but NOT this long. > >Thank you Baby. > > >On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 6:54 AM, ><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >that is a very interesting observation! i have >reared the species from tiny caterpillars but i >had never seen an egg-clutch. do you have >high-resolution files of these pictures? we >could print them. > >At 11:05 PM +0530 8/27/08, Baby wrote: > >>With regards >> >Baby > > > > >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:IMG_1600.jpg (JPEG/«IC») (0037484F) >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:IMG_1463.jpg (JPEG/«IC») (00374850) > > > >-- > >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: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Academic Website: ><http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/AcademicsHome.htm>http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/AcademicsHome.htm >General Website: ><http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/index.htm>http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/index.htm > > > > > > > >-- >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 > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
