kay, some species tend to cannibalize much more than others. i don't
think there is a general explanation for why that is, but Blues and
certain nymphalids tend to do this much more frequently. my first
Baron (Euthalia aconthea) pupa was eaten by another Baron
caterpillar. it was quite heart-breaking. on the other hand, i have
never seen any Papilio caterpillars cannibalizing other Papilio or
eating anything that's not their host plant, no matter how hungry
they are.
i don't have a good explanation for these anecdotes, but i am sure
someone can find a general theory to explain this behavior when we
have enough observations and/or some experimentation.
At 7:23 PM +0530 9/7/10, satyendra tiwari wrote:
Thankyou for this, I will try and find this plant.
Now another question. We have Common Rose reproducing at present.
Always they ravage the plants and dont seem to get enough food.
Today one of the caterpillars actually ate a chrysalis! I have never
seen this happen before and am wondering if it is common behaviour?
Recently we saw a moth caterpillar eating a Crow caterpillar and
also believe the bigger Crow caterpillars ate the smaller ones. Also
some variety of ant are eating Emigrant eggs. But a caterpillar
eating its siblings chrysalis??
Would be intreged to know more.
Thanking you
Kay Tiwari for Satyendra whose in Pachmarhi.
PS. I have taken a picture but its not of Satyendras standard.
Satyendra K.Tiwari
Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist & Tour Leader
H.No 129, P.O.Tala. Distt Umaria M.P. India
Pin code 484-661
Tel. No. 07627-265309 day time phone only
--- On Tue, 7/9/10, Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Fulvous Pied Flat (Pseudocoladenia dan)
To: [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, 7 September, 2010, 3:16 AM
i have reared common leopard on Gymnosporia, which is a small,
thorny tree. i am sure that's what the butterflies use in your area
as well.
At 10:08 PM +0530 9/6/10, satyendra tiwari wrote:
Thanks KK,
Sure I will inform you.
Presently I am photographing Common Mormon, Pupa found in the garden
on meethi neem plans are real lottery. This time of the year
majority of butterflies are emerging in C Mormon are Romulus form.
Is this because this is the major breeding time of Common Rose and
Crimson Rose, my aristolochia plants are eaten to stump stage. I
have 6 caterpillars / pupa from aristolochia which are going to
emerge in next week or ten days time.
I am looking for food plant of Common Leopard. Mr ASHISH TIPLE told
me that its a common weed one I have not identified it yet. Do you
have any idea.
I will send you Pachmarhi report soon.
Thanks.
Satyendra
Satyendra K.Tiwari
Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist & Tour Leader
H.No 129, P.O.Tala. Distt Umaria M.P. India
Pin code 484-661
Tel. No. 07627-265309 day time phone only
--- On Mon, 6/9/10, Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Fulvous Pied Flat (Pseudocoladenia dan)
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, 6 September, 2010, 11:02 AM
satyendra, this is very useful information. please let me know if
you ever see the species anywhere in central india. personally i
have no records from there, so i suspect that the species is
restricted to the western ghats within south india, recurring in the
NE.
At 10:11 AM +0530 9/5/10, satyendra tiwari wrote:
Dear KK,
We have never recorded it here and nor it Kanha. I am going to
Pachmarhi day after tomorrow so I will keep my eyes open for that
over there.
Thanks.
Satyendra
Satyendra K.Tiwari
Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist & Tour Leader
H.No 129, P.O.Tala. Distt Umaria M.P. India
Pin code 484-661
Tel. No. 07627-265309 day time phone only
--- On Sun, 5/9/10, Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]>
Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Fulvous Pied Flat (Pseudocoladenia dan)
To: "butterflyindia" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, 5 September, 2010, 7:40 AM
hi all,
thanks for sending me nearly a 100 pictures of the Plum Judy
(Abisara echerius). your pictures have been very useful. now i am on
my next query: Fulvous Pied Flat (Pseudocoladenia dan). the species
is very common in the western ghats and in the NE but i do not know
whether it occurs in the eastern ghats (e.g., andhra pradesh, orissa)
or the vindhya and satpuda hills in central india. i just looked up
the checklist from the Maredumilli butterflyindia meet, and the
species was not seen then.
could you please email images of this butterfly to me or post them to
the group if you have any taken in central india or in the NE? that
will help me delineate its distribution. your help is much
appreciated.
thanks.
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FAS Center for Systems Biology
Harvard University
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Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD
Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Kronforst Lab)
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
--
Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD
Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Kronforst Lab)
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
--
Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD
Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Kronforst Lab)
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
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