ravi, you will definitely find stinging nettle (Tragia spp) in that area. the Angled Castors must be feeding on that plant on the plateau.
At 12:35 PM +0530 12/28/09, Ravi Vaidyanathan wrote: > > >Dear all > >Had been to a 5 day trek across the sahyadri in and around the >Malshej Ghat and the Nagar region. A part of our route included the >plateau of Ghanchakkar which lies between Bhairavgad and Ratangad >(across the Bhandardara Backwaters) > >The Ghanchakkar plateau is vast and is a mixtures of thick forests >and grasslands and interspersed with streams and trickling >water...... found all the pansies in abundance there and the most >notable was the dozens of angled castors that I found in that area >though couldn't see a single castor plant !!! The only sad part is >when you are in a trek you are with a group and dont hv the leisure >of stopping to take pictures..... so didnt get any at all > >Planning to do only the Ghanchakkar route again to shoot and >catalogue this particularly rare butterfly hardly seen at our normal >trails. The last time i spotted this butterfly was at the Koyna >forest when i had been for an animal census in April 05 > >This could be a very important site for our butterfly database on >angled castors > >Regards > >Ravi > >-- >----------------------------- >Ravi Vaidyanathan >Mobile : 99877 77349 ><http://chakramhikers.com>http://chakramhikers.com ><http://www.google.com/profiles/ravi.vaidyanathan>http://www.google.com/profiles/ravi.vaidyanathan >----------------------------- > > -- Krushnamegh Kunte Post-doctoral Research Fellow FAS Center for Systems Biology Harvard University 52 Oxford St Northwest Lab Room 458.40-3 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Ph: (617) 496-0078 Cell: (512) 577-1370 Fax: (617) 495-2196 Email: [email protected] Other emails: [email protected], [email protected] Personal website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh -- Enjoy
