Common Bluebottle (Graphium Sarpedon) |
Butterflies of Manchadi
Documenting the butterflies visiting our home
Friday 6 May 2022
Thursday 5 May 2022
Wednesday 5 January 2022
From Pupa....
Butterfly Kaleidoscope !!
Friday 9 October 2020
Yh....They love fruits...
This is how we feed them.They love rich nutritious food ...
In this video you can see our Manthalir Salabham (Common Baron)
Thursday 8 October 2020
Sunday 4 October 2020
Stages of pupating - Common Mormon
Look at those changes from the earlier post of this caterpillar. Length of larva shortens during the last days of 5th instar. Gradually the caterpillar comes to rest and becomes pre-pupatory larva. The pupa suspends itself with a silk girdle from the stem.
Common Mormon caterpillar |
Pre-pupatory larva (Common Mormon) |
Pupa (Common Mormon) |
Pupating video - Time lapse
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