No problems, In the wikipedia mudpuddling article, I have located many of the reference papers fulltext online/pdf and added their links there.
To whet, your apettite, here's a recipe for Moth Sugar ;-) http://www.bornagainbirdwatcher.com/2008/11/02/mystery-moth-sugar/http://www.bornagainbirdwatcher.com/2008/11/02/mystery-moth-sugar/ Sounds like we could drink the stuff if freshly made. Oh BTW there are no such things as butterflies and moths - only Lepidoptera! Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Col Ashwin Baindur OIC Corps Archive & Museum, CME, Dapodi Pune 411031 ------------------------------------------- Tel : 020-27147976 (R), Mob : 09923454462 Email: ashwin.baindur(at)gmail.com, ashwin_baindur(at)yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------One does not often associate James Michener with nature-writing.Yet it is difficult to find one of his epics which has not been embellished by a tale about the land, its formation, the animals, the plants and the people who live amongst them.... Read "Epic splendour- The nature writing of James Michener. " in... Blog: http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/epic-splendour/ "The Butterfly Diaries" The natural travails of an Army Officer in Hindostan! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ From: Arjan Basuroy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 7 March, 2010 18:15:21 Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Designing a muddle puddle Thanks Ashwin for those wonderful references. regards Arjan On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin_baindur@ yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > >> > >Hi Yashodhan, > >Take your time to understand the phenomenon. You may like to read this >wikipedia article to begin with : > >http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Mud_puddling > >Perhaps you could provide the stream with different substrates along different >streches? Say clay at one place, sand at another, if you can it would be nice >to have many spots where you could experiment for different mixes. I'm sure >you have thought about have dung-spots, rotting-fruit spots etc. > >I'm attaching some scientific papers by Beck et al, Boggs & Jackson which will >begin to tickle your mind. > > >Warm regards, > >Ashwin Baindur >------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ >Col Ashwin Baindur >OIC Corps Archive & Museum, CME, Dapodi Pune 411031 >------------ --------- --------- --------- ---- >Tel : 020-27147976 (R), Mob : 09923454462 >Email: ashwin.baindur( at)gmail.com, ashwin_baindur( at)yahoo.com >------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- >------One does not often associate James Michener with nature-writing. Yet it >is difficult to find one of his epics which has not been embellished by a tale >about the land, its formation, the animals, the plants and the people who live >amongst them.... > >Read "Epic splendour- The nature writing of James Michener. " in... > >Blog: http://thebutterfly diaries.wordpres s.com/2010/ 02/13/epic- splendour/ > >"The Butterfly Diaries" The natural travails of an Army Officer in Hindostan! >------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- >--------- --------- --------- -------- > > > > > > > ________________________________ From: Yashodan Heblekar <yashodan.heblekar@ yahoo.com> >To: Admin <butterflyindia@ yahoogroups. com> >Sent: Sat, 6 March, 2010 12:57:40 >Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Designing a muddle puddle > > > > > > >> > >We are in midst of designing a year round mud puddle for butterfly . It will >be fed by our very own artificial stream - water will be allowed to slowly >seep in. > >Wanted helpful suggestions on the design and constitution. For e.g. whether >sand is better or clay or just about any soil. What salts to be added , etc > >Regards > >Yashodan > > -- Arjan Basu Roy 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 West Bengal, India Be natures' mate! -- Enjoy
