A view of Daggar Town, Buner from the top of mountain
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Daggar-Buner
Daggar is an important town and district head quarter of District Buner, having a population of over twenty five thousand. Daggar was under the heavy army operation against militants a few days ago, which forced almost the entire population to flee the town. They migrate to other districts of the province, particularly Swabi and Mardan. Now the town is under army control, but search operation is still continue and probably people will not ready for months to go back to their homes. Here are a few pictures of Daggar town I took last year in May. The first two pictures were taken in the evening while the last two in morning, so I had to re-expose them for a better view.


Refugee Camp Shahmansoor Swabi
Yesterday I spent an hour in refugee camp Shahmansoor Township Swabi. This camp is established to accommodate a minor portion of the war against terror effectees from District Swat and Buner. Though every individual of district Swabi is trying to help their refugee brothers, but still they are living a very miserable life. Lack of balance diet, water and unavailability of basic health facilities are some major problems. On the other hand raising temperature is also a great problem, as the people of Swat and Buner are not used to such high temperature. The temperature will raised to about 47-48C° by mid June. However this is like a celebration for our politicians who come to the camps to conduct photo sessions for Newspapers. Generally they give nothing to the refugees, however spent a lot of government resources on these visits.

View of tents at the Shahmansoor camp (Swabi)
Plain Tiger Butterfly Pupa
When the caterpillars of Plain Tiger or African Monarch (Danaus chrysippus) mature, they stop eating and leave the host plant in search of a safer place to pupate. However sometime they even pupate on the host plant. The plain tiger butterfly pupa (Chrysalis) hangs freely head-down from the support. It is widest at the 7th abdominal segment where it has a double chain of extremely tiny golden and black beads. There are tiny golden spots on the shoulders and wing-cases. In the start the pupa is of pale green color, then it turns pink and in the last it becomes brown and dries up. The pupa takes about 6-7 days to metamorphose into butterfly depending on temperature.
Plain Tiger Butterfly Pupa
Green Crab Spider
The Green Crab Spider (Thomisus spectabilis) is a species of crab spiders belong to family Thomisidae. They are called crab spiders because they resemble crabs. Like crabs they can also move sideways or backward. Crab spiders do not weave webs to catch their prey. Generally they hide on flowers or branches to catch insects. Crab spider is also known as flower spider or flower crab spider.
Green Crab Spider Pictures
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Arachnids,
Crab spiders,
Flower spiders,
Green spiders,
Spiders
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Bumble bee
A bumblebee (or bumble bee) is any member of the bee genus Bombus, in the family Apidae. There are over 250 known species of bumblebees. Bumblebees are social insects that live in colonies. Bumblebees are characterized by black and yellow body hairs, often in bands. However, some species have orange or red on their bodies, or may be entirely black. Bumblebees feed on nectar.
Bumble bee (Bombus)
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