Balakrishnan, this is quite incredible! I have seen a few pupae with larval head capsules before, but they all died within days of pupation. It is amazing that this one made it up to eclosion (half of it, at least).
With best regards, Krushnamegh. ------------------------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD Ramanujan Fellow and Reader National Center for Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research GKVK, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India. Ph: + 91 9403-975-925 Email: [email protected] Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Other emails: [email protected], [email protected] On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:25 PM, balakrishnan valappil < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > this one was reared a couple of months back > see to believe! > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakrishnan_valappil/6442193085/in/photostream > cheers!! > > > Balakrishnan Valappil > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakrishnan_valappil>Civil Engineering > Consultant > NEST > Malappuram PO > 676505 > KERALA > > Mobile:09446587033 > Flickr Photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakrishnan_valappil > > > -- Enjoy
