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- December 9th, 2009
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birdy866 has posted a new entry on: Amateur Photography
Neelab Fish Huts
Neelab Fish Huts are situated on the right bank of downstream of Tarbela Dam (largest dam of Pakistan), near Neelab township (Wapda township) Tarbela. It is on a distance of about 2km from Topi. It i…
- December 8th, 2009
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Southern Green Stink Bug
Southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula ) is a shield shaped bug, belong to family Pentatomidae in the Order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs). Adult have an average length of about 12 m…
- November 30th, 2009
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Ashwaghanda-Withania Somnifera
Ashwaghanda (Withania Somnifera) is a medicinal plant in Solanaceae or nightshade family, which is widely used in Ayurvedic medicine. In Pakistan it grows wildly on fields sides and uncultivated land…
- November 23rd, 2009
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Common Castor Butterfly Life Cycle
Common Caster (Also called Caster Butterfly) is an unattractive butterfly and that is why I always ignore it. Some days before I decided to photograph it. Below are the images of different stages of…
- November 18th, 2009
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- November 16th, 2009
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birdy866 has posted a new entry on: Amateur Photography
Velvet Ants
Velvet Ants or Mutillidae are a family of wasps whose males have wings but females are wingless and resemble ants. They are not aggressive however the females have a very painful sting if handled. So…
- November 15th, 2009
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birdy866 has posted a new entry on: Amateur Photography
Two-tailed Spiders
Two-tailed Spiders (Long-spinnered Bark Spiders) are a genus (Hersilia) of tree trunk spiders in the Hersiliidae family. They are known as Two-tailed spiders, because of their two enlarged spinnerets…
- November 9th, 2009
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birdy866 has posted a new entry on: Amateur Photography
Lifestages Of The Butterfly-Common Emigrant
Here are some pictures representing four stages of the life cycle of common emigrant butterfly.1st stage-EggsThe female common emigrant butterfly lays its spindle shaped yellowish eggs individually o…
- October 26th, 2009
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Leaf Curling Spider
Leaf Curling Spiders (Phonognatha graeffei) belong to family Araneidae (Orb-weavers). The spider here is a fresh leaf curling spider. They build their retreat with fresh green leaf. Most of the time…
- October 25th, 2009
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Lime Butterfly Caterpillar
The Lime Butterfly caterpillar passes through 5 different instars before pupation. The first few instars of the caterpillar look like bird droppings and this is nature's way of protecting them from p…
- October 22nd, 2009
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Blue Pansy Butterfly
The Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya) belong to family Nymphalid, is a medium size butterfly with a wingspan of about 40-50mm. It's a sun-loving species, which can usually be found on grassy patches in op…
- October 16th, 2009
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Lime Butterfly Eggs
Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus malayanus) lay her eggs singly on the young leaves of the host plant (various Citrus species). The egg has a round shape and measuring about 1mm in diameter. Its col…
- October 14th, 2009
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- October 7th, 2009
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birdy866 has posted a new entry on: Amateur Photography
Rick On Fire
A farmer helplessly watching his wheat straw rick burning. It could be the result of a smooker negligence or most probably a mischievous person set his rick on fire.Rick On Fire
- October 6th, 2009
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birdy866 has posted a new entry on: Amateur Photography
Danaid Eggfly Butterfly
Here are two pictures of Male Danaid Eggfly butterfly (common eggfly or the diadem butterfly) . I never observed a female Danaid Eggfly butterfly or probably I confused it with plain tiger, because f…
- September 30th, 2009
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Lightning
For an amateur photographer like me, taking lightning pictures is rally a difficult task, particularly when you don't have any knowledge of photography and quality equipments. Here are few pictures…
- September 27th, 2009
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Pupa Stages of Common Leopard Butterfly
The Common Leopard butterfly chrysalis has a beautiful green color with shiny projections of sliver, blue and red colors. It has a length of about 15mm. The pupal stage last for about 5 days. In the…
- September 24th, 2009
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Common Leopard Butterfly Larvae
A few days ago I brought home two leopard butterfly caterpillars with a branch of weeping willow tree. At the night one disappeared and the other turned into pre-pupa stage. The common leopard butter…
- September 23rd, 2009
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Common Leopard Butterfly
The Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha (Drury) is a medium sized butterfly (wingspan of 50-60 mm) belong to family Nymphalid (Brush-footed Butterflies). This species abounds where its caterpillar foo…
- September 7th, 2009
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Pale Grass Blue Butterfly
The Pale Grass Blue (Pseudozizeeria maha) is a small and common butterfly belongs to the family Lycaenidae (Blues family), subfamily Polyommatinae. The male has a wingspan of about 24mm. The female w…
- August 31st, 2009
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Ploughing Painting
I took this ploughing painting picture at Lahore museum. I liked this painting because it shows a part of our culture, which is now almost out of practice. I'm not sure whether it is an historical pa…
- August 23rd, 2009
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Black Banded Snake
Last night, my brother called me "would you like to take snake picture". In spite of the fact that I'm really afraid of snakes, I ran away to the snake with my camera. This was the second snake we fo…
- August 19th, 2009
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Carpenter Bees
Carpenter bees ( genus: Xylocopa, subfamily: Xylocopinae, family: Apidae) are solitary bees i.e they live individually rather then colonies. However some species have tendency to live in simple socia…
- August 17th, 2009
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Wild Fig Tree
This wild fig tree (Probably Ficus variegata) grows in northern areas of Pakistan. The strange thing about this tree is that the figs (fruit) grow on trunk and mature branches and that is why it is c…
- August 12th, 2009
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Brown Speckled Katydid/Bush Cricket
Here are a few pictures of an unidentified short-winged katydid/bush cricket (family: Tettigoniidae) sitting on a wild marijuana leaf. It has a greenish brown body with black/dark-brown speckles on i…
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Yellow-Black Digger Wasp
This yellow-black digger wasp (A specie of digger wasps) is a solitary wasp belong to family Sphecidae. They dig hole in the ground or use pre-existed hole to construct their nest. Females capture a…
- August 10th, 2009
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Flowering Pomegranate
Here are a few flowers pictures of Flowering Pomegranate (Punica granatum) also known as Noshi Shibari or double flower pomegranate. I brought the cutting of this plant from Gomal University D.I.Khan…
- August 9th, 2009
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Harford’s Sulphur (Colias Harfordii)
Here are two pictures of one butterfly, probably Harford’s Sulphur Butterfly or a similar specie.Harford’s Sulphur (Colias harfordii) belong to family Pieridae (Sulphur & White Butterflies)…
- August 8th, 2009
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Teddy Bear Bee
Teddy Bear Bee (Amegilla cingulata) is an Australian native bee. It belongs to the anthophoridae family of insects. They have golden-brown or yellowish-brown colored furry body with black stripes…
- August 5th, 2009
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St. Andrew's Cross Spider
St. Andrew's Cross Spider (Argiope keyserlingii) belong to family Araneidae. This spider can easily be recognized by the silk woven zigzag cross in the middle of its web, which resembles the cross of…
- August 4th, 2009
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Common Baron Butterfly
The Common Baron Butterfly (Euthalia aconthea) belong to family Nymphalidae. It is a medium-sized butterfly with a wing span of 55-80mm. Though it's not colored like other species, but still has a re…
- August 2nd, 2009
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Electric Poles
Here are some pictures of electric poles and cables. It would be more suitable to call them "Non Electric Poles", as the electricity pass through these poles and cables just for 6 hours a day. Among…
- July 30th, 2009
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Assassin Bug
Assassin Bugs belong to family Reduviidae. They hunt smaller insects and use their long proboscis to suck the prey juices. Assassin bugs also use proboscis to bite humans, if disturbed. They have ver…
- July 28th, 2009
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birdy866 has added Nature Remains to their favorite blogs.
Nature Remains
Observations and reflections on the beauty of the natural world through photographs and writings. Every day...finding...that nature remains. - July 21st, 2009
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Bagworm Moth Bag
This sticks case is a bagworm moth bag, constructed by begworm larva from silk and bits of needles to live in. It is also used as a molt and pupal case. The female moth remains inside the bag her ent…
- July 20th, 2009
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