would be interesting to know how the common mormon found its way to the 17th floor is their sense of smell so strong, any studies made regarding how butterflies find their host plants at such great distances nelson rodrigues
--- On Sun, 9/10/11, kiran srivastava <[email protected]> wrote: From: kiran srivastava <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Common Mormon laying its egg on 17th floor To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 9 October, 2011, 10:13 AM Hi, A Common butterfly came to our balcony on the 17th floor and laid a couple of eggs on our mini orange plant (origin Singapore). The round shape is typical of swallowtail butterflies. Photo is enlarged, cropped and enhanced by pp. Isaac Kehimkar subsequently corrected my identification and told me it is an interesting record of a Common Mormon (and not a Common Rose, which I thought it was) finding a food plant at this level. He clarified the egg of the Common rose is dark maroon and not smooth. Cheers,kiranmumbai -- Enjoy
