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janeiro 23, 2024
01:10 PM IST
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Found plenty of these larvae in my compost pile. Also this adult. Thought it to be dead, till I took it in my hand. It extended it's legs and started walking around.
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janeiro 12, 2024
07:54 PM IST
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janeiro 12, 2024
09:32 PM IST
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janeiro 6, 2024
12:10 PM IST
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janeiro 7, 2024
01:38 PM IST
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Plant, , AWW, Turahalli Tree Park, 070124
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dezembro 31, 2023
07:14 AM IST
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maio 10, 2022
02:40 AM UTC
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outubro 18, 2020
06:10 PM IST
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The village where it is found is the peripheries of Thangjing Hill, Manipur. It is found in a raring cage where chicken & ducks are keeping in captive..
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maio 29, 2022
05:20 PM UTC
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junho 28, 2022
12:13 PM IST
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outubro 26, 2020
10:37 AM IST
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junho 12, 2022
08:33 AM CAT
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This series shows Watshamiella alata watching Sycoscapter cornutus oviposit into a Ficus burkei syconium (fruiting body) for over seven minutes; after the Sycoscapter female departs, the Watshamiella female proceeds to oviposit into the same hole. Compton et al. (2009) described this behaviour for different species of Watshamiella in Uganda and Kenya on Ficus sycomorus and Ficus artocarpoides.
Compton, S.G., Van Noort, S., McLeish, M., Deeble, M. and Stone, V., 2009. Sneaky African fig wasps that oviposit through holes drilled by other species. African Natural History, 5, pp.9-15. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230580629
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janeiro 30, 2023
04:06 AM UTC
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dezembro 18, 2023
01:54 PM IST
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Dressing/looking like a stronger - Best way to defend oneself .
Yesterday i went for small trek along with parents of my kid’s school (Arivu Vidhya samste). We went to trek small hillock near uchangi . Easy trek, but it’s not easy to walk with macro enthusiasts as we peep over every plant, turn every leaf to explore insect diversity.
Trek was very fruitful for me as I got many unusual sightings of spiders & insects along with scenic view of westernghats. There were many existing moments & its usual tendency to post the best in the begging of photo story. I thought of posting one interesting crab spider or one ground spider with its unique hunting technique. But just a phone call with my friend vipin made me to post this!
Yes.. This was my highlight from yesterdays walk.
While returning from Hill, we took stop near water stream & quenched our thirst. My son Amathya was little faraway searching for insects. He never call me, unless its unusual. Amathya kept on calling me. come fast. Here is something interesting . A hornet with its first pair of leg like praying mantis. I want near it. oh. a hornet.
Just a month back I had got painful sting from Hornet . This memory was very active so i decided to photograph from little distance . two to three pic, Hornet disappeared.
Today I was saying about this Hornet to vipin over phone & simultaneously I sent an image too. Looking at the image, he was super exited, which i was not on field !
ohh... you got a jackpot.
This is a Mantispidae/ mantidflies. Never seen such a Mantidfly which is total mimicry of Hornet, almost looking like dangerous. Vespa tropica.
I looked over image again.. oh.. i was fooled .. its not a Hornet . Batesian mimicry was successful. This mimicry fools many predators, just like how I was fooled.
( Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both)
Thanks to Amathya for spotting & Thanks to vipin again :)
Decemeber 2023
Uchangi
Kodagu.
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dezembro 15, 2023
07:26 AM IST
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dezembro 4, 2023
11:21 PM IST
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abril 24, 2022
08:45 AM UTC
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janeiro 21, 2023
07:27 PM AEST
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About 25 mm long. Matthew, I have emailed you re these.
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setembro 28, 2023
02:08 PM IST
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novembro 27, 2023
02:50 PM UTC
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novembro 27, 2023
03:24 PM IST
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novembro 26, 2023
04:03 PM EST
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setembro 24, 2023
10:03 AM IST
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novembro 13, 2023
09:52 PM IST
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novembro 1, 2023
01:00 PM IST
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agosto 13, 2021
06:56 PM IST
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outubro 15, 2023
05:00 AM UTC
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outubro 10, 2023
01:59 PM IST
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outubro 2, 2023
07:00 PM UTC
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outubro 3, 2023
12:56 AM IST
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we still not confirm about This Russells viper because of russells viper geaographic range.. and there is only manipur state we found russells viper in north east india (7 sister).Russells viper ventral scale i showed in picture & we are doing study on it and trying solve this mystery.
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outubro 2, 2023
04:14 PM IST
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Indian Grey Mongoose with Russell's Viper kill, Bannerghatta Walk, 021023
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setembro 26, 2023
06:34 AM UTC
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agosto 23, 2023
08:35 AM IST
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agosto 23, 2023
08:35 AM IST
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setembro 10, 2023
08:27 PM IST
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setembro 12, 2023
10:23 AM UTC
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setembro 6, 2023
04:15 PM IST
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julho 26, 2023
11:45 PM IST
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julho 17, 2023
06:06 PM IST
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julho 12, 2023
05:36 PM IST
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junho 26, 2023
01:49 PM UTC
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junho 28, 2023
12:56 PM UTC
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maio 20, 2022
11:52 PM IST
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abril 2, 2023
09:11 AM UTC
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dezembro 10, 2021
01:17 AM -03
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julho 5, 2015
10:43 AM IST
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junho 20, 2023
10:31 AM UTC
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Golden-backed Frog
Mushroom grown on frog body
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junho 19, 2023
10:55 PM IST
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setembro 29, 2019
08:20 PM IST
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junho 17, 2023
03:02 PM IST
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junho 13, 2023
03:21 PM IST
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A pair of rock agamas mating
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agosto 26, 2022
07:25 PM UTC
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Observed incapacitating and subsequently feeding on a giant millipede
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agosto 30, 2021
08:11 AM IST
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junho 4, 2023
12:15 PM UTC
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junho 4, 2023
12:08 PM IST
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junho 1, 2023
07:43 PM IST
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maio 31, 2023
02:36 AM UTC
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agosto 30, 2020
02:10 AM IST
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maio 29, 2023
07:05 AM IST
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maio 18, 2023
06:15 AM UTC
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maio 18, 2023
11:00 AM UTC
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agosto 26, 2020
06:43 PM IST
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maio 19, 2023
03:19 PM IST
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setembro 12, 2022
02:34 AM UTC
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Pteromalidae parasitoid wasps on stink bug eggs .
Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
September 2022
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agosto 2, 2022
05:01 PM UTC
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Parasited caterpillar (Parasitic wasp laid eggs on its back)
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agosto 9, 2020
05:34 PM UTC
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maio 12, 2023
05:40 PM UTC
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maio 12, 2023
06:56 PM IST
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maio 10, 2023
11:38 AM UTC
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agosto 22, 2021
05:06 PM IST
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Entomopathogenic fungi on tetragnathid
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maio 8, 2023
06:32 AM IST
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maio 7, 2023
04:49 AM UTC
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outubro 28, 2022
09:01 PM IST
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setembro 18, 2022
03:44 PM IST
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maio 3, 2023
01:51 PM IST
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maio 1, 2023
06:16 PM IST
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abril 23, 2023
06:23 AM UTC
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abril 28, 2023
04:01 PM HST
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abril 27, 2023
06:49 PM IST
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Second record, this time from March, soon after a summer thunderstorm - associated with emergence of alate termites.
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abril 23, 2023
02:41 AM UTC
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abril 19, 2023
10:00 PM IST
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abril 21, 2023
07:07 PM IST
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maio 25, 2022
04:01 PM UTC
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Need proper ID, I'm unable to find what is this behaviour
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setembro 11, 2022
12:11 PM UTC
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julho 30, 2021
03:20 PM IST
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abril 7, 2023
04:51 PM UTC
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abril 7, 2023
04:50 PM UTC
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março 30, 2023
08:12 PM IST
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março 25, 2023
02:35 PM IST
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março 20, 2023
02:49 PM IST
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março 12, 2023
05:02 PM IST
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Rufous woodpecker in what looked like an ant or hornet nest
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março 8, 2023
03:24 PM UTC
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outubro 5, 2022
05:35 PM IST
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março 5, 2023
05:31 PM IST
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fevereiro 19, 2023
10:58 PM IST
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Theridiidae with scorpion kill
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fevereiro 20, 2023
12:11 AM IST
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fevereiro 19, 2023
08:40 AM IST
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fevereiro 4, 2023
04:28 PM IST
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Along with other bird calls like bulbul, prinia and coppersmith barbet the main call is of a white bellied drongo
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dezembro 13, 2020
02:12 PM UTC
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fevereiro 13, 2023
08:55 AM UTC