Sunday, October 30, 2011

Leaf Eating Insect


Brown Katydid

This ones one side antenna was cut off.

Brown Grasshopper


Common Indian Lizard

This is a common Indian lizard found all over India.Its a silent predator.Its main food source are ants and tiny insects. It also has claws and its eyes move freely.

Common Bush Brown

The common bush brown seen on sitting on dew.

Hairy Caterpillar

Common Snail


Orange and Rust Colour Centipede

This looked like fired orange colour centipede along with the rusty colour in body.

Moths


Common Clubtail Dragonfly

This common clubtail dragonfly is yellow and black in color with four wings sitting on a branch.

Skink

It was a beautiful brown colour type of skink. There was golden stripes on its sides which shined vibrantly in sun. Also it has thin leg fingers as seen with its tail in unusual shape.

Lynx Spider

They all are hunting spiders that spend their lives on plants, flowers and shrubs. The spider shown is a Yellow coloured Lynx Spider with thorn like in its legs. Six of their eight eyes are arranged in a hexagon-like pattern

Toothpick Grasshopper

The green color long with divided mouth is like a toothpick. It is well camouflaged in the green leaves in order to protect itself.

Mylabris pustulata (Orange Blister Beetle)

These beetles have black and red stripes on their body. These beetles sit on the flowers shown in picture. Each one sits on one flower. There are lot of such flowers containing such beetles. The scene looks beautiful with each beetle on each flower.

Signature Spider

This is signature spider found in Yeoor Hills was weaving its web. This is brightly golden color spider with black body. 

Yellow Millipede

Yellow leg color of this Millipede gives it a vibrant look along with its black body.

Horse Fly

They are known to be extremely noisy during flight. They are also important pollinators of flowers. There are approximately 4,500 species of horse flies known worldwide

Lemon Pansy (Dry Form)

Junonia lemonias, also known as the Lemon Pansy, is a common nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia. It is found in gardens, fallowland, and open wooded areas.

Tree Hopper

There are about 3,200 known species of treehoppers in over 600 genera. In some species, the pronotum grows to a horn-like extension, and even more bizarre and hard-to-describe shapes are also found.

Eggfly Butterfly

Tiger Beetle

The tiger beetles are a large group of beetles known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest species of tiger beetle can run at a speed of 9 km/h (5.6 mph).


See more info about Tiger Beetle Wikipedia

Tunnel Web Spider


When found inside, they are typically near a source of moisture such as a bathroom or laundry because they dry easily.
Typically living under logs and rocks, they build a silken tunnel with a broad area at the entrance for the detection of prey (often beetles, but they have been recorded eating snails)

Painted Grasshopper


Chocolate Pansy

The Chocolate Pansy or Chocolate Soldier (Junonia iphita) is a butterfly found in Asia.


See info about Chocolate Pansy Wikipedia

Glassy Tiger Butterfly

The Glassy Tiger (Parantica aglea) is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterfliesfamily.


See Glassy Tiger Butterfly Wikipedia
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