This is Lily moth caterpillar - Polytela gloriosae On Monday, January 7, 2013 10:35:37 AM UTC+5:30, Aarti S. Khale wrote: > > Neil ji, > Many thanks for the pictures. > Regards, > Aarti > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hi, >> My photographs taken on my property at Shahapur on 23th September 2012. >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> --- On *Sun, 1/6/13, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected] <javascript:>>*wrote: >> >> >> From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:142447] Caterpillar on Crinum Lily : Nasik : >> 060113 : AK-2 >> To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> Cc: "Balkar Singh" <[email protected] <javascript:>>, "N Arun Kumar" < >> [email protected] <javascript:>>, "efloraofindia" < >> [email protected] <javascript:>> >> Date: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 8:58 PM >> >> >> Neil ji, >> Thanks. >> Forester Moth pictures on Google search seem to look different. >> The pictures look like Lily Moth Caterpillar. >> Will wait for validation. >> Regards, >> Aarti >> >> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Neil Soares >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> This is a caterpillar of a Forester moth [Eusemia adiatrix of Family >> Argasitidae]. Will send my photographs of it defoliating Glory Lilies >> later. My photographs of it on Antidesma bunius [locally called Amati, >> Ambuti or Mala] are already in the archives of this group. >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> --- On *Sun, 1/6/13, Aarti S. Khale >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> >* wrote: >> >> >> From: Aarti S. Khale >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:142447] Caterpillar on Crinum Lily : Nasik : >> 060113 : AK-2 >> To: "Balkar Singh" >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > >> Cc: "N Arun Kumar" >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, >> >> "efloraofindia" >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > >> Date: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 7:42 PM >> >> Balkar ji, >> Thank you for appreciation. >> In the rainy season, sunlight is always low. Pictures can be much better >> in proper light. >> Regards, >> Aarti >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Balkar Singh >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> Nice Shots Aarti Ji >> >> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Aarti S. Khale >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> Thanks Arun ji for the id. >> Regards, >> Aarti >> >> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 10:46 AM, N Arun Kumar >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> these are Lily Moth Caterpillars..they feed voraciously on plants of the >> Lily family. :) >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Aarti S. Khale >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> These Caterpillars are seen only on these Crinum Lilies, eating away >> the stem & buds. >> Pictures taken in our Nasik home garden on 9th & 10th August, 2012. >> Can you please identify these Caterpillars? >> Aarti >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology & >> Horticulture Incharge >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >
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