Thank you Susanth. I am seeing this (the eggs) for the first time.
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Susanth c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Krushnamegh is right.I have gud pictures of *P.liomedon* egg stack.I > took pictures of *P.liomedon*(Malabar Banded Swallowtail) egg stack during > the year 1996 in connection with my life cycle study of this endemic > butterfly to Western Ghats.I observed 16 eggs in one egg stack and 20 in > other stack.Here i attached the pictures of egg stack(11 eggs) of *P.liomedon > *and adult butterfly.Fore more details about this study please refer my > paper "Biology of Malabar Banded Swallowtail *Papilio liomedon* Moore" ( > JBNHS, > Vol.102(1),Jan-Apr 2005) > with warm regards > Susanth > > > On 8/30/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> *Papilio liomedon* also lays clutches in stacks. T. R. Bell observed >> and described this over a century ago and i think susanth has good pictures. >> * P. liomedon* is related to* P. demolion*, so that's no particular >> surprise. i wonder how* P. gigon* lays eggs, that also seems to be very >> closely related to* P. demolion-liomedon*. >> >> >> i will check whether Bell describes the stacked eggs of* C. thais*, he >> probably does because he observed its life-cycle closely. >> >> >> At 3:05 AM +0000 8/30/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Has anybody documented the Tamil Yeoman's (*Cirrochroa thais*) apparently >> remarkable juvenile biology? If not, this important information needs to be >> recorded and then published. Attached are Internet photos of other >> butterflies having this very rare behavior of laying eggs in long "stacks". >> >> >> >> Keith >> >> >> >> From: balakrishnan valappil [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To: butterfly india [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] More Tamil Yeomon eggs! >> >> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:35:53 +0000 >> >> >> >> Thank you Baby for the wonderful shots! >> >> I have seen yeomon laying eggs last november in nilambur and photographed >> atleast five different stacks of eggs one of them had a live very >> small insect moving around(see one of the pics) possibly feeding on it(?) >> and one stack was fallen and had a different colour and I collected two of >> them carefully,tried my levelbest to preserve them but none of the >> eggs hatched! >> >> >> >> balakrishnan valappil >> >> >> >> >> Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Papilio demolion (Southeast.jpg >> (JPEG/«IC») (003786FB) >> Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Araschnia levana (Europe. A.jpg >> (JPEG/«IC») (003786FC) >> Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Hamadryas amphinome (Centra.jpg >> (JPEG/«IC») (003786FD) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> 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 >> > > > -- Sunshines to you! unni ................................................. Dr.Unni Krishnan Pulikkal ARPS www.imagery.in :: www.bafindia.org ................................................. The Butterfly Art Foundation, India Pady P.O., Kodaly, Thrissur Dt., Kerala, India PIN.680699 Cell: 9446508102 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
