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Nature’s Layers Unravelled – Encounters with birds, beasts, and relatives

Category: Invertebrates

The Cicada’s Night Out

The Cicada’s Night Out

Bijoy VenugopalJune 28, 2011January 3, 2015

Cicadas are diurnal, so what was this one doing up late at night?

Encounter: Robber Fly, raptor of the insect world

Encounter: Robber Fly, raptor of the insect world

Arun MenonJune 9, 2011June 16, 2015

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

Encounter: Stream Glory, a dazzling tropical damselfly

Sandeep SomasekharanJune 6, 2011July 1, 2014

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

Encounter – Antlions and the pit of death

Sahastra RashmiDecember 20, 2010June 16, 2015

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

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