Dear Sir, Wonderful report !!! Once again, photos of Hesperiidae butterflies are much appreciated.
Thanks and Regards, Kishen Das On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Avisek Chatterjee < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > FIELD TRIP TO BAOALI, NEAR BUDGE BUDGE STATION > > Date of Trip: 19th September 2010. (Sunday) > Duration of Trip: 7:25 am to 4:40 pm > Location: Baoali, South 24 parganas. Some 12kms from Budge > budge Station. Nearest Station Budge budge on Sealdah Budge budge > line. Route: - Budge budge to Chariyal More by Auto Rickshaw then to > Bawali Tetultala by another auto rickshaw. Right from here watching > starts. We are going to old Rajbari area on foot. > Temperature: (As in Alipur) Max 27.9°C and Min 24.7°C. > Humidity: (As in Alipur) Max 98% and Min 86%. > Weather: Very bad. Cloudy. All the time raining. Medium to > Light rain. After 12:30pm gradually clear sky. > Habitat: Flourished village with a few large ponds, old > building, temple, large and medium trees, both deciduous and > evergreen, sufficient climbers and creepers, shrubs and herbs and > small and medium grasses. > > BRIEF REPORT:- > -------------------------- > This week, Subhankar Patra, our guide, teacher, planner, moderator and > all in all our so called field marshal, planned our weekend trip to > Baoali. This place with an awkward name is located some 12kms from > Budge budge Station. Sunday we started our trip by catching the 6:10 > Budge budge local from Sealdah. With team members getting up in > different station and Ashok da waiting in the spot we reached Baoali > after changing autos and bus from Budge budge. It was raining from > the very morning and it drizzled the whole day till 12:30pm and after > that gradually the cloud moved away giving clear sky and no rainfall. > We started our day with a Common Mime adult larva in a Kukurchita > plant leaf and it seemed like the larva will turn into a pupa within a > day or two. Seeing swifts and dragonflies and calls of Plantive > Cuckoo, Common Hawk Cuckoo and Rufous Treepie we proceded farther to > see a Water monitor moving around in a small pond in the village. > People out here in this village were very friendly and some helped us > a lot by telling us Bengali commonly used names of herbs and shrubs. > Aritra, by this time just got sight of the smallest damsel in WB, > Agriocnemis dabreui male. Agriocnemis dabreui, a very small beautiful > looking damsel with bright blue abdomen and greenish thorax. We > proceeded further but due to continuous rain bird, butterfly, > dragonfly movement was much restricted. A very right time for > identifying herbs and shrubs and Soumyajit Chowdhury, Ashok Barman and > Subhankar Patra helped a lot in this aspect. Just before we thought of > breaking for lunch, Subhendu pointed out a white small damselfly which > we first thought to be White Dartlet (Agriocnemis pieris) but later > confirmed to be Agriocnemis lacteola by David Raju, an expert in > odonates. We finished our dry lunch by 11:30am and upto 12:30pm we > were not overall satisfied due to constant rain throughout the day and > less spotting of all species. We reached the old Rajbari, really a old > structure standing high amidst small village type and concrete houses. > We heard the calls of Short-nosed Fruit Bat which Subhankar Patra were > in plenty inside the Rajbari. We were not allowed to enter the Rajbari > by a localite staying in adjacent house nor were we permitted to > photograph. There were some pretty Rain Lily flowers blooming in the > garden of the Rajbari which was a really beautiful site. > > By this time the rain has full stopped. It was 12:30pm and the sky > started gradually clearing. Immediately free bird and insect movement > started and we could hear calls of Pied Cuckoo, pale-billed flower > peckers and the Streak-throated woodpeckers were coming very nearby. > Many butterflies especially Tailed Jay, Common Jay, Striped Albatross, > Emigrants, Common Rose, different types of swift, many dragonflies and > damselflies (wandering glider, ditch jewel, white dartlet, pigmy > dartlet and yellow pigmy dartlet) came out. Agriocnemis lacteola and > Agriocnemis dabreui were seen in plenty numbers. > > Butterflies were very busy, they were flying from one bunch of flowers > to another, sucking nector specially from ‘Choto Gaylalata’s’ flower. > Butterflies are very very fond of these flowers Cayratia trifolia’s > flower. This flowering species is a climber. Near about 98% of the > butterflies were assembling and jostling over these climbers, which > almost fully covered one medium sized tree. Also very rare species of > butterfly, Banana Red Eye was spotted and clearly photographed in a > banana tree. After that we started our return journey. Unwilling, as > that time there were so many species coming out, we started moving > towards our train station. Anyways last Sunday our beginning was not > so good but ending was really beautiful and satisfying. We, every > member of our team enjoyed it. > > A special mention is needed regarding an incident what we saw there. > Brown Darner, Ditch Jewel and Wandering Glider had been caught by 3 > Green Marsh Hawks for lunch. Very surprising that a Green Marsh > Hawk(abdomen 30mm-36mm) manages the Brown Darner(abdomen 50mm-58mm) > which is much larger than the former. > > TEAM MEMBERS:- > ----------------------------- > 1. Subhankar Patra. > 2. Jayanta Manna. > 3. Rahi Soren. > 4. Soumyajit Chowdhury. > 5. Asok Barman. > 6. Avisek Chatterjee. > 7. Sujit Das. > 8. Soumik Chatterjee. > 9. Animesh Manna. > 10. Saroj Kumar Tula. > 11. Srikanta Dhali. > 12. Susantha Bag. > 13. Subhendu Das. > 14. Aritra Mishra. > 15. Pradipto Bagchi. > > PLEASE NOTE THAT AN APPOXIMATE NUMBER OF A PARTICULAR SPECIES OBSERVED > IS INDICATED IN BRACKETS () BY THE SIDE OF THE NAME OF THE SPECIES. > > BIRDS OBSERVED DURING THE TRIP: - > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Cotton Pigmy Goose(2) > 2. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker(3). > 3. Streak-throated Woodpecker(4). > 4. Black-rumped Flameback(7). > 5. Blue-throated Barbet(3). > 6. Coppersmith Barbet(6). > 7. Lineated Barbet(15). > 8. Green Bee-eater(2). > 9. Common Kingfisher(2). > 10. White-throated Kingfisher(6). > 11. Stork-billed Kingfisher(3). > 12. Pied Cuckoo(1). > 13. Common-Hawk Cuckoo(10). > 14. Plaintive Cuckoo(2). > 15. Asian Koel(6). > 16. Greater Coucal(4). > 17. Rose-ringed Parakeet(15). > 18. House Swift(2). > 19. Asian Palm Swift(35). > 20. Rock Pigeon(25). > 21. Spotted Dove(15). > 22. Eurasian Collared Dove(3). > 23. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon(3). > 24. White-breasted Waterhen(5). > 25. Bronze-winged Jacana(2). > 26. Black Kite(3). > 27. Shikra(3). > 28. Little Cormorant(10). > 29. Indian Cormorant(1). > 30. Little Egret(1). > 31. Cattle Egret(15). > 32. Indian Pond Heron(10). > 33. Asian Openbill(20). > 34. Rufous Treepie(12). > 35. House Crow(20). > 36. Large-billed Crow(10). > 37. Ashy Wood Swallow(4). > 38. Black-hooded Oriole(2). > 39. Eurasian Golden Oriole(2). > 40. Black Drongo(12). > 41. Oriental Magpie Robin(3). > 42. Chestnut-tailed Starling(5). > 43. Asian Pied Starling(30). > 44. Jungle Myna(6). > 45. Common Myna(35). > 46. Great Tit(6). > 47. Barn Swallow(2). > 48. Red-whiskered Bulbul(12). > 49. Red-vented Bulbul(6). > 50. Common Tailorbird(10). > 51. Jungle Babbler(20). > 52. Pale-billed Flowerpecker(10). > 53. Purple Sunbird(10). > 54. Purple-rumped Sunbird(15). > 55. House Sparrow(5). > 56. White Wagtail(1). > 57. Tricolor Munia(5). > 58. Scaly-breasted Munia(8). > > BUTTERFLIES OBSERVED IN THE FIELD TRIP:- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Common Rose(6). > 2. Common Jay(100). > 3. Tailed Jay(100). > 4. Common Mime(2). > 5. Common Mormon(20). > 6. Lime(6). > 7. Common Wanderer(6). > 8. Common Jezebel(5) > 9. Psyche(4). > 10. Striped Albatross(15). > 11. Common Gull(5). > 12. Common Emigrant(15). > 13. Mottled Emigrant(35). > 14. Common Grass Yellow(15). > 15. Three-spot Grass Yellow(5). > 16. Common Leopard(1). > 17. Common Castor(4). > 18. Angled Castor(2). > 19. Grey Pansy(3). > 20. Peacock Pansy(3). > 21. Sailor (Unidentified) (1). > 22. Common Bushbrown(2). > 23. Common Eveningbrown(1). > 24. Common Palmfly(4). > 25. Blue Tiger(3). > 26. Plain Tiger(3). > 27. Stripped Tiger(2). > 28. Common Crow(4). > 29. Brown King Crow(1). > 30. Quaker(8). > 31. Gram Blue(2). > 32. Lime Blue(12). > 33. Dark Grass Blue(2). > 34. Pale Grass Blue(3). > 35. Tiny Grass Blue(2). > 36. Common Cerulean(2). > 37. Ciliate Blue(1). > 38. Line Blue (Unidentified) (1). > 39. Yamfly(1). > 40. Monkey Puzzle(1). > 41. Common Silverline(1). > 42. Indian Palm Bob(3). > 43. Banana Red Eye(1). > 44. Indian Skipper(1). > 45. Chestnut Bob(5). > 46. Grass Demon(2). > 47. Rice Swift(4). > 48. Bevan’s Swift(2). > 49. Straight Swift(3). > 50. Large-branded Swift(7). > 51. Small-branded Swift(10). > > DRAGONFLIES OBSERVED DURING THE TRIP:- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Common Clubtail(2). > 2. Brown Darner(1). > 3. Scarlet Marsh Hawk(6). > 4. Ditch Jewel(100). > 5. Ruddy Marsh Skimmer(15). > 6. Ground Skimmer(25). > 7. Pied Paddy Skimmer(4). > 8. Green Marsh Hawk(25). > 9. Wandering Glider(250). > 10. Rufous Marsh Glider(2). > 11. Common Picture Wing(15). > 12. Red Marsh Trotter(1). > 13. Black Marsh Trotter(4). > 14. Crimson Marsh Glider(10). > 15. Greater Crimson Glider(8). > > DAMSELFLIES OBSERVED DURING THE TRIP:- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Agriocnemis lacteola(50) [We locally call it White Pigmy Dartlet] > 2. Pigmy Dartlet(50). > 3. Agriocnemis dabreui(20) [We locally call it Yellow Pigmy Dartlet] > 4. Coromandel Marsh Dart(50). > 5. Orange-tailed Marsh Dart(5). > 6. Golden Dartlet(5). > 7. Senegal Golden Dartlet(40). > > WILD FLOWERS/PLANTS (HERBS AND SHRUBS) OBSERVED:- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > - BY SOUMYAJIT CHOWDHURY > ------------------------------------------------- > > Acanthaceae > 1. Ruellia tuberose (Minnie Root; Popping pod; Wayside Tuberose, > Bengali Name: Baro Patka) > 2. Ruellia prostrate (Bell weed; Black weed, Bengali Name: Choto Patka) > 3. Ecbolium viride (Green Shrimp Plant; Green Ice Crossandra) > > Amaranthaceae > 4. Amaranthus spinosus (Spiny or Prickly Amaranth, Bengali Name: > Kantanotye) > 5. Amaranthus viridis (Green Amaranth, Bengali Name: Gaylanotye, Bannatye) > 6. Alternanthera sessilis (Sessile Joyweed; Tangle Mat, Bengali Name: > Jaljambo) > 7. Achyranthes aspera (Devil's Horsewhip; Prickly Chaff Flower) > > Amaryllidaceae > 8. Zephyranthes citrina (Rain Lily Yellow) > 9. Zephyranthes carinata (Rain Lily Pink) > > Apocynaceae > 10. Rauvolfia serpentina (Indian Snakeroot; Serpentine Root, Bengali > Name: Sarpagandha, Chandra) > > Araceae > 11. Colocasia esculenta (Taro, Bengali Name: Kachu) > 12. Typhonium trilobatum (Bengal Arum; Lobed Leaf Typhonium) > Caesalpiniaceae > 13. Cassia allata (Candle Bush; Candlestick Senna; Candle Cassia, > Bengali Name: Dadmari) > 14. Cassia tora (Sicklepod; Chinese Senna; Senna Sophera, Bengali > Name: Kal ka shunda) > 15. Cassia sophera (African Senna; Pot Cassia, Bengali Name: Chakundi) > 16. Bauhinia acuminate (Dwarf White Bauhinia; White Orchid-tree ; > Snowy Orchid-tree) > > Cannaceae > 17. Canna indica (Canna Lily; Indian Shot, Bengali Name: Sarbajaya) > Cleomaceae > 18. Cleome rutidosperma (Fringed Spider Flower; Common Spider Flower, > Bengali Name: Nilhurhure) > 19. Cleome viscosa (Asian spiderflower; Yellow Spider Flower, Bengali > Name: Haludhurhure) > > Commelinaceae > 20. Commelina benghalensis (Benghal or Indian Dayflower; Tropical > Spiderwort; Garden Comellina, Bengali Name: Kanchera) > 21. Commelina diffusa (Climbing Dayflower; Scurvy Weed) > > Compositae (Asteraceae) > 22. Eclipta prostrata (False Daisy; Marsh Daisy, Bengali Name: Kesut, > Kesuti) > 23. Synedrella nodiflora (Syndrella Flower) > 24. Wedelia chinensis (Chinese Wedelia) > 25. Tridax procumbens (Coat buttons) > 26. Vernonia cinerea ( Ironweed; Vernonia; Ash Fleabane, Bengali Name: > Sahadebi, Kukshim) > 27. Mikania micrantha (Bittervine) > > Convulvulaceae > 28. Ipomoea aquatica (Water Spinach; Marsh Glory, Bengali Name: Kalmisag) > 29. Ipomoea carnea (Pink Morning Glory; Bush Morning Glory; Hedge > Glory, Bengali Name: Dhol kalmi) > 30. Ipomoea sepiaria (Purple Heart Glory, Bengali Name: Ban kalmi) > 31. Evolvulus nummularius (Roundleaf Bindweed) > > Cucurbitaceae > 32. Coccinea grandis (Ivy Gourd, Bengali Name: Telakucha) > 33. Cucumis melo (Wild Musk Melon) > Cyperaceae > 34. Cyperus kyllingia (White Kyllingia) > Euphorbiaceae > 35. Euphorbia hirta (Asthma Weed; Common Spurge) > 36. Acalypha indica (Indian Acalypha) > 37. Jatropha gossypifolia (Bellyache Bush) > Malvaceae > 38. Sida rhombifolia (Arrowleaf Sida; Angled Sida, Bengali Name: > Lalbarela, Sahadebi) > 39. Urena lobata (Caesar’s Weed; Common Purple Mallow, Bengali Name: Okhra) > 40. Abutilon indicum (Indian Abutilon; Indian Mallow; Country Mallow, > Bengali Name: Petari) > Nyctaginaceae > 41. Boerhavia diffusa (Red hogweed; Red Spiderling; Wineflower; Common > Hogweed, Bengali Name: Punarnava, Lal sepune) > Nymphaeaceae > 42. Nymphaea nouchali (Red Water Lily; Star Water Lily, Bengali Name: > Nilshapla) > 43. Nymphaea alba (White Water Lily) > > Oxalidae > 44. Biophytum sensitivum (Life Plant; Little Plant Tree, Bengali Name: > Viparitalajju) > 45. Oxalis corniculata (Creeping Woodsorrel; Procumbent Yellow-sorrel; > Common Sorrel, Bengali Name: Amrit sak) > Pontederiaceae > 46. Monochoria hastata (Arrowleaf Pond Weed) > 47. Eichhornia crassipes (Water Hyacinth, Bengali Name: Kachuri pana) > Scrophulariiaceae > 48. Scoparia dulcis (Sweetbroom; Icorice Weed, Sweet Broom) > 49. Lindernia crustacea (Syn. Vandellia crustacea) (Malaysian or > Brittle False Pimpernel) > 50. Lindenbergia sp. (Wall Lindenbergia) > Smilacaceae > 51. Smilax ovalifolia (Prickly Ivy, Bengali Name: Ramdatan) > Solanaceae > 52. Solanum torvum (Turkey Berry) > Sterculiaceae > 53. Pentapetes phoenicea (Midday Flower; Scarlet Phoenician, Bengali > Name: Dupuria) > Tiliaceae > 54. Corchorus trilocularis (Threelocule Corchorus) > Verbenaceae > 55. Lantana camara (Spanish Flag or West Indian Lantana; Common > Lantana, Bengali Name: Putush) > 56. Lippia javanica (Fever Bush; Lemon Bush) > 57. Phyla nodiflora (Texas Frogfruit; Frogfruit; Bank Mat, Bengali > Name: Bhui okra) > Vitaceae > 58. Cayratia trifolia (Threeleaf Cayratia) > Zinziberaceae > 59. Costus speciosus (Crepe Ginger; Spiral Ginger, Bengali Name: Keu) > > WE ALSO ENCOUNTERED:- > ------------------------------------------- > We casually watched a few other species which we encountered in the > field. Reporting of these species is done to give an idea of the area > which we surveyed and this is not a comprehensive report of mammals, > reptiles, amphibians or insects in that area. Any serious watcher in > these areas must watch much more than what we have encountered. > > MAMMALS: - 2 SPECIES:- > ---------------------------------------- > 1. Five-stripped Palm Squirrel(6). > 2. Short-nosed Fruit Bat(25). > > AMPHIBIANS: - 3 SPECIES:- > -------------------------------------------- > 1. Indian Bull Frog(5). > 2. Common Toad(5). > 3. Common Tree Frog(1). > > REPTILES: - 3 SPECIES:- > --------------------------------------- > 1. Garden Lizard(15). > 2. Water Monitor(1). > 3. Rat Snake(1). > > SPIDERS: - 13 SPECIES BY RAHI SOREN:- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Phintella vitatta (Banded Phintella) > 2. Oxyopes birmanicus (Brown Lynx Spider) > 3. Oxyopes javanus > 4. Oxyopes shweta > 5. Argyrodes sp. > 6. Argiope pulchella (Signature Spider) > 7. Argiope anasuja (Signature Spider) > 8. Plexippus sp. > 9. Crossopriza lyonii (Daddy Long Leg Spider) > 10. Crossopriza sp. (Daddy Long Leg Spider) > 11. Olios sp. > 12. Hyllus sp. > 13. Carrhotus sp. > > ANTS: - 11 SPECIES:- > ---------------------------------- > 1. Bengali Name: Badami Sursuri Pipre. > 2. Oecophylla [Bengali Name: Nalsa Pipre ]. > 3. Crematogaster. > 4. Golden-backed Camponotus. > 5. Black-backed Camponotus. > 6. Small Tetraponera [Bengali Name: Choto Kath Pipre]. > 7. Large Tetraponera [Bengali Name: Baro Kath Pipre]. > 8. Large Red Ant [Bengali Name: Baro Lal Pipre]. > 9. Diacama [Bengali Name: Deo Pipre]. > 10. Another 2 unidentified species of Ants. > > OTHER INSECTS:- > --------------------------- > 1. At least 12 species of Grasshoppers > (mainly short-horn grasshoppers including Jessonulla Punctifrons). > 2. At least 6 species of Beetles > (including Golden Tortoise Beetle, 6 spot Lady bird beetle, Red > Pumpkin Beetle). > 3. At least 3 species of Bugs(including Pentatomid bug, Jewel > Bug(Chrysochorus)). > 4. Cricket. > 5. Bull hopper. > 6. Other plant hoppers. > 7. Many other insects. > > OTHER INVERTIBRATES OBSERVED:- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Black Millipede. > 2. Wood Roach. > > Thanks to Subhankar Patra for giving me ideas, helping me and guiding > me in writing this report. His encouragement is helping us to produce > this weekly report on our field trips. Also thanks to all team members > for their contribution in bringing out this report. Thanks to Sujit > Das for formatting the report in such a good way. Thanks to Soumyajit > Chowdhury for reviewing the report and contributing the full list of > wild flowers (herbs and shrubs). Thanks to Rahi Soren for compiling > the list of spiders observed. > > Cheers, > Avisek Chatterjee on behalf of the team members. > > -- Enjoy
