WOW On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Kishen Das <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Rajahs, Nawabs, Some of the Hesperiids - Animal droppings ( If the animal > is carnivore, its even more cool !!! So, during your nature trail, if you > bump onto some small mammal droppings, don't hesitate to pack it a plastic > sheet. You can dry it later and then place it in the field after making it > bit moist by adding few drops of water) > Droppings of Herbivores will hardly attract any butterflies !!! I have only > seen few reluctant Pansies on them, who were saying, " Oh man, this thing > sucks" !!!! > Ceruleans, Flats - Bird Dropping > Beaks - Rocks with bit of moisture on them + I believe bit of salt, not > sure !!!! > Pierids + Papilionids - Salt + Lots of your own urine ( Don't just drink > water and urinate, it should be after taking proper food the previous day > and not relieving yourself, till you actually goto the right place next day > and doing it on the right spot !!!! Sounds nasty, but it works for most of > the species ) > In case of swallowtails, you can also make soup of small dry dead fishes > and add bit of salt to it and spread it in the right spot and of course, > urinate on top of it. > Lycaenids: Do lot of exercises and sweat before you goto the field, this > will attract Lycaenids, which will eventually come and puddle on you :-). > Barons - Rotten fruits > Nawabs, Rajahs, Evening Browns, Bush Browns, Southern Duffer !!! - Tree > gums > > Some say, alcoholic beverages work better!!! I am a non-drinker, so never > tried it. > > Although I have written specific Group of butterflies against each recipe, > it should pretty much cover/attract rest of the butterflies as well, except > for the ones that have highly specific requirements. > And there are few species which I have never seen puddling. > > - Kishen > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Yashodan Heblekar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Thanks Colonel ! >> >> We did try with cowdung , crabs , prawns , cashew fenny , beer and fruits. >> We have installed such feeding trays all over the conservatory , but these >> get devoured by ants and birds before the butterflies can come in. Baron and >> Grey Count do however share their peg of the spirits , but we yearn to see a >> flock of assorted butterflies coming in for the party. >> >> We have a 30 metre stream which we are now revamping . We shall try the >> multiple substrates . Common salt didn't attract any. So didn't the river >> sand . Funnily while we had put some cemet out for waterproofing rain water >> tank we got some sunbeams mud puddling ! >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Ashwin Baindur <[email protected]> >> *To:* Yashodan Heblekar <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* butterflyindia <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sun, March 7, 2010 3:28:12 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [ButterflyIndia] Designing a muddle puddle >> >> >> >> 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<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/<http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.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 >> >> >> >> > > -- ABHIJNA DESAI -- Enjoy
