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

Tag: Insects

Urban Bestiary: Discover the Hidden Wildlife of Bengaluru

Urban Bestiary: Discover the Hidden Wildlife of Bengaluru

Raghuram AnnadanaMarch 20, 2025March 20, 2025

Discovering wildlife in Bengaluru doesn’t require venturing far. A walk in your garden or a peek under a leaf reveals a world of tiny architects, hunters, and builders. Meet the city’s most fascinating and rare fauna.

Reclaiming the Nature Fix – In Pursuit of Biophilia

Reclaiming the Nature Fix – In Pursuit of Biophilia

Bijoy VenugopalSeptember 11, 2024December 28, 2024

The human craving for a “Nature Fix” is an ancient instinct blunted by generations of abuse. Biophilia is the word for it…

Small World – A macro photographer zooms in on the big picture

Small World – A macro photographer zooms in on the big picture

Vedant SapraApril 18, 2020January 31, 2024

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

Life Around Black-Eyed Susan

Life Around Black-Eyed Susan

Nagesh ManayJune 2, 2015January 31, 2024

‘Stop and smell the roses,’ they say. But they are not talking about the garden. And when they talk about the garden, they are talking merely of flowers. Life, unseen, thrives among the clefts between observed and unobserved. A versified photo-essay by Nagesh Manay

No teeth, no claws, but very much a Tiger!

No teeth, no claws, but very much a Tiger!

Sandeep SomasekharanAugust 17, 2011June 9, 2015

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 are evil, back off or you’ll be left with a bad taste in the mouth! The Plain Tiger Butterfly (Danaus…

We don’t need no thought control!

We don’t need no thought control!

Anand YegnaswamiJuly 14, 2011February 13, 2025

Anand Yegnaswami witnesses a bizarre encounter between a spider and a wasp and stumbles into a freakish discovery of manipulation in animals Mind manipulation is not new to many of us, considering we have watched Jedi Mind Tricks, read about suicide bombers, and seen cricket-playing teams sledge players to get…

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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