thank you, Bimal da for the pictures for taking time to tell us the story and sending it in yes indeed a life time story usha di
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friend, > On 01-01-2015 I located few larvae of Red Base Jezebel > on a branch of Santalum album.I followed those larvae from 01-01-2015 > onward .On 06-01-2015 I observed a Black Hooded Oriole feeding on the > larvae and shifted them on an earthen plate and kept it on the balcony. To > my surprise I found that the plate was lying upside down on the table with > the larvae in it.I suspected that the same Black Hooded Oriole must have > done it.Fortunately the larvae were still there.I found the Oriole visiting > the tree in the evening.I shifted the plate along with the larvae in side > the room. I used to supply fresh leaves of Santalum album ( CHANDAN ) every > day till 17 -01-2015 ( that is the day first pupa was formed ). The > butterfly emerged when the pupa was 14 days old. As the larvae of this > species stay together even when they are full grown and ready to pupate I > could see some 19 pupa on the plate( total number of larvae was 21 ). I > followed this activity till 01 Feb when the last butterfly emerged. Taken > few hundred images of this fascinating activity. Attaching some 16 images > of this story as a New Year gift. My New Year is made.I think it's a life > time experience. > With regards, > Bimal > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
