As so often happens with the dedicated, if Mohammad cannot go to the
mountain....keep up the good work!
On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:17:05 +0530 wrote
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Dear Friends,
Last Sunday, while I was watching the world go by from my window (now a days I
can do only that) I was pleasantly surprised by a female Crimson Rose hovering
around the window trellis where I have grown Aristolochia indica, but that day
she did lay any egg, but kept on hovering. Next day in afternoon she was back
and to my delight saw her curling her abdomen tip to lay a dark egg on the
underside of the leaf. This way I saw her laying 7 to 9 eggs, or may be more.
Looks like it takes around 7 days for the eggs to hatch so now I am waiting for
my Christmas gift!!
For several years I have attempted to get this Swallowtail lay eggs in my
window garden so that I can work on the life history, but finally it
worked.Cheers!Isaac
See my Butterfly
Images:http://www.flickr.com/photos/26689...@n00/
--- On Thu, 23/12/10, avinash sant wrote:
From: avinash sant
Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] christmas lantern
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Date: Thursday, 23 December, 2010, 10:46 AM
Nice shot,
Thanks for the wishes Nelson & wish you the same.
Avinash
--- On Wed, 12/22/10, Nelson Rodrigues wrote:
From: Nelson Rodrigues
Subject: [ButterflyIndia] christmas lantern
To: "[email protected]"
Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 9:57 PM
When my neighbours little daughter saw this picture she thought it was a
christmas lantern.
but it happens to be the pupa of the common baron.
let me also take this opportunity to wish all my friends at BI A merry
christmas and a happy new year
nelson rodrigues
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Enjoy
