Small World – A macro photographer zooms in on the big picture
Most visitors to Bangalore’s Kaikondrahalli and Kasavanahalli lakes celebrate their avian life, but Vedant Sapra takes a closer peek at the biodiversity that often goes unnoticed
Category: Insects
Bewitched by butterflies on a Sunday morning in Bangalore
Sunlight and butterflies are a potent combination to chase away the blues
Watching Butterflies – Field Lessons from Rishi Valley
In Rishi Valley, where trees and rocks are teachers, watching butterflies is a highly enjoyable part of the education. Here are field notes from wandering around the school grounds spotting butterflies on the last morning of 2017.
Onathumbi: Onam with the Picture Wing Dragonfly!
What is Onam without its leitmotif — the Onathumbi or Picture Wing Dragonfly?
Balcony Bugwatch – Love song of the Carpenter Bee
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov might have feted the Bumblebee in music but it is the domestic life of the Carpenter Bee that inspires a fitting paean. How about one by the Carpenters?…
No teeth, no claws, but very much a Tiger!
Not the cuddliest tiger around but certainly the safest to introduce your kids to, this one is best chased with a camera on a sunny spring morning. If your intentions…
The Cicada’s Night Out
Cicadas are diurnal, so what was this one doing up late at night?
Encounter: Robber Fly, raptor of the insect world
With the menacing looks and businesslike patience of an assassin, the Robber Fly captures its prey on the wing
Encounter: Stream Glory, a dazzling tropical damselfly
A day of tired wandering in a forest ends with an intimate rendezvous with a stunning damselfly – the Stream Glory. It’s often the little things in life that give you the biggest highs
Encounter – Antlions and the pit of death
Antlions are far more menacing as larvae: their pits are death traps for ants and small insects and can offer kids many hours of macabre entertainment