ID: Indian Wax scale insect
Spotted this/these beauties on the young palm growth, in the society premises. They seemed to be in a variety of sizes, right from the tiny one seen on the right end of...
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Type: Posts; User: Prajwal J Ullal
ID: Indian Wax scale insect
Spotted this/these beauties on the young palm growth, in the society premises. They seemed to be in a variety of sizes, right from the tiny one seen on the right end of...
ID: Red dwarf honeybee
One of the most common honeybee spotted in the society's garden, this tiny colony of bees seem to frequent a particular wet patch of the garden area, and many can be seen...
ID: Forest Spider Lily(Pancratium parvum)(Do correct me in case of wrong ID)
One of the rarities, few kms from city, these 'ghosts' are visible only in the first week of monsoon, while having a...
ID: Greater short nosed fruit bat
A usual visitor during the flowering season, these frequent the society's garden to feast on the variety of blooms, this one being the banana flower, which it can...
Interestingly the location of the flash(and camera's lens) with its leg's reflection made it look like a second ant in the frame
Due to the colour difference it feels like two different spiders, but it was one and the same
Used a headlight for spotting and focusing, External flash for the scene.
We had been a bit early, leading to below average sightings
This was along the Manpada trail, the Thane side of SGNP
This was clicked at around 10a.m., it was a cloudy day, so most of the sightings were a bit lethargic
They initially were hardly bothered by our approach, but eventually they decided to fly deeper...
This was clicked at Dattaji Salvi Garden, Thane
ID: Iridescent Nomia(sweat bees)
One of the commonly seen, tiny, bees usually seen around in the garden areas, this particular ones seemed to be feasting on the fresh flower bloom. While...
ID: Two tailed telemonia
Spotted this beauty perched over the leaf along the pathway of the garden. This particular one seemed too friendly and photogenic, making it a perfect subject to capture....
ID: Coromandel marsh dart
Spotted few these beauties fluttering around the water reservoir of the garden, while framing few other butterflies, that had started popping out of the damp morning,...
ID: Blue spotted forester moth
While traversing the trail, spotted this particular tree, with loads of tiny flowers all over it. But while approaching closer started spotting several butterfly...
ID: Common awl
Usually known to be sensitive to light, these skippers are a very difficult subject, at times, to frame with a flash. This particular one was spotted feasting on the flower and with...
ID: Wood roach
One of the most common, and not so pleasant, sightings along Phansad were these tiny pests that roamed or slithered all around, be it the rooms or the trails. While we were...
ID: Karvi
Couple of weeks back, while traversing the trail, we were surprised to spot some buds on a particular spot which was filled with Karvi shrubs, and on a quest to spot Spinx moth...
ID: Vinca leaved Ceropegia
One of the beautiful flower plant/creeper seen along the western ghats, this one is seen much closer to the city and was great to spot it at a similar spot after 2...
ID: Small branded Swift
Spotted this beauty perched on the leaf and was not getting much bothered by the activities that was happening around it, while we were framing another subject....
ID: Indian Nawab Caterpillar
Spotted a couple of caterpillars, most of them in the earlier stage, feasting on the acacia leaves. This particular one seemed to had just molted out and could spot...
ID: Common Begonia
One of the commonly seen herb along the western ghats, mostly on moss covered rocks. This particular one was seen next to/on the rock along the water stream, which stood out...
ID: Geometrid moth
Spotted this tiny beauty feeding itself from the clouts of an acacia plant, almost at the midnight, while we were out for the night trail at Phansad. We could spot it drinking,...
ID: Rivetinid Mantis
Short breaks can be really fruitful, in this case, not only was it a good way to relax from the humid trail, but also bore a gift in form of this beauty molting out of its...
ID: Spotted house gecko
Stumbled upon by the guide/naturalist, this gecko seemed to have taken refuge onto a wall along the road, looking out for nocturnal preys. Probably, due to territorial...
ID: Lobster moth caterpillar
One of the defense pose of this unique caterpillar, the lobster moth caterpillar, known for its 'creepy' yet distinctive crustacean type appearance, these tend to get...