Following Forest Beauties !!!

When we friends go for a walk outside, we look for some entertainment for eyes. Looking for beautiful girls across the streets is very common in young age. Dont take me wrong ok !! .Some people admit it and discuss about beauties. Some people look carefully when no one is observing them. But beleive me,
people who discuss much are having  less wild imaginations than people who observe secretly!!!

              Same story continued when Few days back me and my friend went for "sight seeing" in Bangalore. We went for so long, but it was a boring journey. After walking for an hour or so, not even a single beauty appeared ! Suddenly i shouted "look there, so beautiful". My friend suddenly looked all around. Asked me iin confusion " What is beautiful? I m seeing nothing!". Then i said " No no. not girl. it flew away. It was a plain tiger!!". That is the impact of butterflies on me!

              This hunt started in Jog falls, where my friend Nikunj asked  "Why dont u photograph ? you hav good skills! ". That day surprisingly i found Rice caseworm moth. Shot came so beautiful which increased my belief in photography. So i started my photography work with a small Nikon 8 MP digital camera.

Rice Caseworm Moth (Parapoynx stagnalis)

                                           
                    But fun increased when i got to know about project Noah...Sumukha Javagal introduced me to the world of Noah. Beleive me friends, its an amazing site. Being a non biology student, i learnt so much about nature, met with very nice friends from all over the world. It is a fun way of learning life on earth! Seriously telling, i am getting more interested in Noah than compared to Facebook!

                                                     http://www.projectnoah.org/
           
                    Following (falling for!!!) unreachable things is human nature. So i oriented more towards flying creatures compared to moving creatures like caterpillars,beetles,spiders. Its very fun to chase a butterfly u know? First beauty i encountered is Banded blue pierrot.  Early morning in my native, Mugudthi, a small village with beautiful nature, i went for photo hunt. Suddenly i saw a small butterfly.But it was moving so randomly. It was a tiny little cutie. So i never gave up. Followed her. In fact i followed her for around 1 hour. Finally got a very beautiful picture. One interesting fact about her is "mud puddling" (refer the link) !

                                              Banded Blue Pierrot (Discolampa ethion)

                                         http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14686005
                                              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud-puddling

               Following a butterfly itself is very fascinating. Then we enter a phase where we excited to share it with friends.Identifications and discussions will happen in project Noah. Its an amazing experience to discuss there. We ll be glad that this pic will help somehow in some research. Even we can enjoy beauty of nature, we can get some fresh air. We may get frustrated by sitting in AC office throughtout the week. Then we go for nature watch, which is very relaxing. Seriuosly friends, its an all in one job. You can get lot of knowledge from Intelligent Anthropologists.

                                                        My Project Noah Collection
                                    http://www.projectnoah.org/users/Adarsha%20B%20S

               Next to my collection are plain tiger, which i was talking about and common mormon, which was taking off from the ground! After that a Broken winged damselfly caught my sight. It is Fulvous Forest, So beautiful and adorable. But what to do? Being in software, i returned  to Bangalore for work.

                                              Common Mormon ( Papilio polytes)

                                        http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/13590166

                 Quite amazed to spot Common Eggfly in our PG garden bangalore. But after few days, i got to know that there are many species which can be spotted in bangalore. Lot of creatures will be concentrated in small gardens of bangalore.Inspite of heavy traffic, Bangalore has some hope for small creatures. We just need sharp eyes !

                                 Great Eggfly or Common Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina )
                                    http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16165188
           
                Next i saw Common wanderer or double decker, when i went to native back. At first i thought it is having four wings and i imagined so many things. But Ashish Nimkar explained to me that "All butterflies have pair of upperwings and underwings. Its lucky shot where you grabbed wings movement in different directions"!!!!

                             Common Wanderer (Pareronia valeria)

                       http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16368140

             Blue tiger and dark blue tiger are two interesting butterflies which i spotted during Kumaraparvatha trekking! Blue tiger is actually moth. But it flies so high and so fast, that it looks like butterfly itself.

                                         Dark Blue Tiger (Tirumala septentrionis)
                                    http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15771944
                   Still few are there in the list such as Studded sergeant, Red pierrrot, Pied paddy skimmer, Smooth eyed bushbrown, common lime and baronet. You can see the pics and for more details, you can always refer to the links.

                                       Common lime (Papilio demoleus)
                            http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17020839

                                                                   Unknown still
                                         http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16997878


                   Believe me friends, when we try to follow a "butterfly" (girlfriend) in city, we will face lots of problems. we keep spending your pocket money on her, we buy gifts for her we care for her, we take her out. If everything goes well, then good. Else relationship ends and we end up sad  and lonely. But look at this job! we will enjoy thrill of chasing them at first. After getting pictures, we can share them with friends. We can learn a lot and at the same time we can have a lifetime collection. We can learn photography and we can get as much as attached to nature.

But there are certain things you can only get from girlfriends, not from butterflies. Naughty friends out there, dont ask me what it is!!! :) :P