Rajesh ji, very good pictures indeed Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi India http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rajesh Sachdev" <[email protected]> To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]>; "india-nature-pixs" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 10:49 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:17804] An observation...Calotropis gigantea & Thomisidae spc.
>I have come across Giant milk weed across the railway tracks, road > edges and grasslands. The shrub is the host plant of crab spidr..my > these three pics document the spiderling, sub-adult and adult crab > spider from diffrent parts of Mumbai..and fully grown flower of the > said plant. > > Name of Species: Calotropis gigantea > Common Name: giant milk weed (English) Mandar, rui (Marathi) > Family: Asclepiadaceae > Conservation status: Not known. > Photographed: Diffrent seasons. > Location: Diffrent locations. > Camera: Olympus SP570UZ > Lens: OLYMPUS ED LENS AF ZOOM 4.6 - 92 mm, 1:2.8 - 4.6 > Description: erect branched shrub, whole plant contains milky juice, > common in waste places in all ranges. > Flowers: throughout the year. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

