Look at those changes from my last photo of Common Blue Bottle's larvae.

Kid is growing

Chew, Rest, Poo and Repeat...

   

 (Plain Tiger's Caterpillar )

Going to be a pupa soon...

Common Blue Bottle's larvae on our Cinnammomum iners.

Caterpillar of Graphium Sarpedon

Female Baron lays its egg usually underneath the leaf. I found this egg in my Mango leaves which is their host plant.The egg surface is hairy somewhat....

Haha ...

Mmmmmm mmmmmm......
I think he or she loves me....

(Plain Tiger's caterpillar )

Smallest visitor

Spent some time to capture this small one. Tiny grass blue ( Zizula hylax ) or Chinnappulneeli is a species of blue butterfly. Look at those hairy sides.... Their wingspan is 1.5 cm only.

Tiny grass blue (Chinnappulneeli)

Look closely....

Found an egg of Common mormon (Papilio polytes), on our curry leaf plant. One of the common butterflies seen in Kerala and they are very fond of curry leaves.

Pupate Safely

Look at those colours !!!!
Most beautiful caterpillar found in our garden so far.Happy to see Common Mime (Papilio Clytia) caterpillar on their host plant Cinnamomum iners.

Common Mime caterpillar

Our Neighbourhood hill slope

 Here are some pictures of our neighbourhood mentioned in the earlier post.

  

 

We are flying back !!!!

Lime butterfly warming up in sun after emerging from pupa

Hi... I'm back....

No, we are back....
Glad to see you again !!!

To begin with, let me tell you why there has been a gap in our blog posts. As mentioned in an earlier post, our house is on a hillside which was covered with lush greenery when we started the blog. By the end of 2013, realtors flattened our neighborhood by bringing down the hill slope, devastating the entire micro ecosystem. For the butterflies and birds, it must have looked like a barren land devoid of food, foliage and habitat. And they left, without a trace.
And it took 6 to 7 years for the green cover to make a partial come back instilling confidence in our winged friends.

Now, I'm so excited that our kids are back.They are busy laying eggs, eating leaves, growing, molting, becoming pupae and finally stretching their wings out.
"Complete Metamorphosis" !!!
Now, they are happy... so are we...

"What's a butterfly garden without butterflies"  
                                   - Roy Rogers