Nature, Cultural, and Travel Photography Blog: 2/1/09

Large White Butterfly

Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), also known as cabbage butterfly or cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. For more information and pictures please visit:
Large white butterfly life cycle

Large White Butterfly

Ant Mimic Jumping Spider

Ant mimic jumping spider (Myrmarachne plataleoides) is a jumping spider that mimics the Kerengga or weaver ant in morphology and behavior. The body of the Kerengga Jumper appears like an ant, which has three body segments and six legs, by having constrictions on the cephalothorax and abdomen. This creates the illusion of having a distinct head, thorax and gaster of the weaver ant, complete with a long and slender waist. The large compound eyes of the weaver ant are mimicked by two black patches on the head. The males resemble a larger ant carrying a smaller one. The first two pictures below are of male and the remaining two are of female.

Ant Mimic Jumping Spider Pictures

Heroin Addict

If you visit Peshawar or some other big cities of NWFP, you will find a number of people sitting or laying by road sides like in the photos below. These are heroin addicted people. Generally they inject or smoke heroin openly with no restriction. Our government officials and other law enforcing agencies have no control over heroin dealers. Actually they are not interested to control this abuse. Pakistan has the highest population of heroin addicts in the world. According to 2005 statistics there are about 3.20 million heroin addicts in Pakistan. What we can do is just pray, May God save us and our young generation from this abuse.

Heroin Addict Pictures

Say Yes To Life, Say No To Drugs

Narcissus tazetta Flower

Narcissus tazetta is a perennial ornamental plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, that grows from the bulb. The flower has six white-colored petals and a deep yellow-colored cup-shaped coronas. Common names of Narcissus tazetta includes Daffodil, Chinese Sacred Lily, Bunch-flowered Narcissus and Joss flower.

Pictures of Narcissus tazetta Flower

Dandelion Clock

Dandelion seed head is generally known as "dandelion clock" because of its spherical shape. It contains many single-seeded fruits called achenes. Each achene is attached to a pappus of fine hairs, which help in the wind dispersal of achenes (seeds).

Beautiful Dandelion Clock

Hawk Bird of Prey

Generally this bird is kept as a pet. This is a bird of prey and is used to prey small birds. I'm not sure about its exact name, however according to people it is hawk.

Hawk-bird of Prey

Acacia Flowers

Here are some pictures of Acacia Flowers most probably Prickly Acacia (Acacia nilotica). The prickly acacia is highly valued in traditional medicine in India and Pakistan. Almost all parts of the tree are used for medicinal purpose.

Acacia Flowers Pictures

Mud Nest Pictures

Mud nest of some unknown bee/wasp, I found in a hilly area. It size and shape was just similar to a duck egg. I broke the nest to get an idea about its maker, but I found only a brown spider inside.

Mud Nest