Friday 6 May 2022

Common Bluebottle 🤗🤗

Common Bluebottle from pupa..

Common Bluebottle (Graphium Sarpedon)
























Common Bluebottle (Graphium Sarpedon)
 



Wednesday 5 January 2022

From Pupa....

 Common Grass Yellow (Manjapaappathi)

Common Grass Yellow


Common Grass Yellow


Common Grass Yellow


Common Grass Yellow



Butterfly Kaleidoscope !!

Common Grass Yellow (Manjapaappaathi).....😳

Common Grass Yellow (Manjapaappaathi)

Common Grass Yellow (Manjapaappaathi)


Common Grass Yellow (Manjapaappaathi)

Common Grass Yellow (Manjapaappaathi)




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

Kid !!!!!!!!!

After 8 days, Common Mormon (Male) emerged from its chrysalis.
Common Mormon (Papilio Polytes)
Glad to share !!
Haha...he loves me.... :)


Common Mormon (Papilio Polytes)

Common Mormon (Papilio Polytes)
Common Mormon (Papilio Polytes)
Common Mormon (Papilio Polytes)






















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