I didn't know either. Check out the link and find out!
What are butterfly wings made of?
I knew this, but the magnified pictures are very telling.
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Patch birding in the neighbourhood
eBird Checklist - 20 Oct 2024 - 18 species October 20th, Sunday 730 am Patch birding on an empty plot that has water puddles and scrub overg...
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Our first views of the feral horses, in the distance across the waters of the wetlands. Last year, I saw wild asses at Kutch , and I lo... -
On our recent visit to the Sundarbans, we saw several of these large crocodiles basking in the sun, including some baby ones. I marvelled a...
Also interesting is the dewlap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewlap). Nice blog
ReplyDeleteThanks! Learnt something new today. Make that two new things.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ambika! something new to learn. But my daughter is so phobic to moths and butterflies, her scream usuall rents our colony whenever she sees even a pea-sized one. I showed here the enlargement of the proboscis and when she realised what it really is, she screamed and ran away.... However I enjoyed the post !
ReplyDeleteVenkatesh
"Rends" not "rents".. :D
ReplyDeleteVenkatesh
Thanks for the links.
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