Fantastic. Thanks Neil ji for sharing. Regards Prashant On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:34 PM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote:
> Great series... and enjoyed your 2006 link troo > Usha di > > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> Thought this might be interesting..... >> >> Was at my property at Shahapur [north of Bombay] last Sunday. These >> photographs were taken on a Ziziphus mauritiana [Bor] tree. >> >> Tussar Silk Moths belong to the group of Emperor Moths which feature >> some of the larger moths including the largest - the Atlas Moth, my >> photographs of which are available at this link : >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Atlas$20Moth$20Neil$20Soares/indiantreepix/JPj7EjEv3B4/tLIWSJmXOP8J >> >> Here a female Tussar Silk Moth [the largest of the 3 seen in the >> photographs] has recently emerged from her cocoon loaded with unfertilised >> eggs. To attract males to fertilise her eggs, she secretes pheromones which >> the males detect with their sensitive feathery antennae from even a few >> kilometers away. Two males have arrived to mate with her. >> Also seen is the nest of a Scaly-breasted Munia. >> >> Sending a few photographs. >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- > > > > --
