Dear Rohan, I have similar observations too.But have also found other species like Swifts: Pelopidas, Flats:Tagiades etc getting (and many other butterflies...Evenig browns,Black Rajah,Lesser grass blues,Four rings,Grass yellows etc) attracted to light.The possible reason for Red eyes being commonly attracted to light could be their crepuscular nature,I have only very rarely seen them fly by day,Other skippers you mentioned are almost dayflying insects. The red eyes may hold some interesting feature(Pigments/receptors) that might confer some advantage to these crepuscular insects...only guessing.
Dr.Kalesh.S Thiruvananthapuram Phone: Mob:9447044498; Res: 0471-2444982 EMAIL: [email protected] My Blog: http://theskippersofkerala.blogspot.com/ --- On Wed, 2/11/09, Rohan Lovalekar <[email protected]> wrote: From: Rohan Lovalekar <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Skipppers To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 5:13 PM Dear Friends Wanna share one observation with you. Looking forword for your opinion about the same. In chiplun there are more than 10 skippers found near my home. But to my surprise only 2 species of Redeye viz. Common Redeye and Giant Redeye has some attraction toword artificial light such as Tube,bulb etc. No other species such as Rice Swift, Golden Angle, Common Small Flat, Grass Demon etc seems to get attracted towords light. On numerous ocassions I have found Giant Redeye fluttering near tube light. Is that red colour of eye have some connection with the light? Looking forword for your views about the same. Regards Rohan Lovalekar Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
