Hoverflies (Flower flies) Mating Pictures
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)
Purple Shamrock-Oxalis Triangularis
Purple Shamrock (Oxalis triangularis or Oxalis regnellii), is a species of edible perennial plant in the Oxalidaceae family. It's grown as an ornamental plant for its beautiful purple colored leaves and pink colored flowers. It's also known as False Shamrock, Love Plant or Pink Wood Sorrel.
Purple Shamrock-Oxalis Triangularis
Overload
Overloading is common practice in public transport in Pakistan, which takes thousand of lives every year. Traffic police does not take any interest in correcting the system. Actually they perform their duties to collect a twenty rupees tip from the drivers and not to correct the traffic system. On the other hand our people don't realize that they are doing something wrong. To be honest we have a long way to go to be a civilized nation.
Overload Pictures
Plain Tiger Larvae
Plain Tiger Butterfly Larva (caterpillar) can be easily found on the host plants (milkweed). Its body has black and white bands with yellow dorsolateral spots. It has 3 pairs of long and black tentacle-like appendages. The bases of appendages turn red as the caterpillars become mature. The period required for larva to pupate is about 2 weeks.
Plain Tiger Butterfly Larvae (caterpillar) Pictures
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| Pre-pupa Caterpillar |
Plain Tiger Butterfly Eggs
The plain tiger start its life from an egg (ova). The bullet-shaped eggs are laid on the underside of milkweed leaves. The plain tiger lays individual eggs (not in cluster) . The number of eggs varies from 1 to 3 or 4 eggs per leaf. The period required for the eggs to hatch is about 4-5 days. Here are pictures of plain tiger butterfly egg laid on Calotropis procera leaf.
Plain Tiger Butterfly Egg
Plain Tiger Butterfly-Danaus Chrysippus
The Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) is a medium sized butterfly with a wingspan of about 70–88 mm. It belongs to the Danae subfamily of the brush footed butterflies, family Nymphalidae. It has black body with white spots. The wings has tawny color with black and white spots. They lay their eggs on milkweeds on which their larvae (caterpillars) feed and that is why they are generally known as Milkweed butterfly. The other common name is African Monarch.
Plain Tiger Butterfly-Danaus Chrysippus
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| Female |
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| Female |
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| Open Winged |
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| Couple |
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