spider X and st. andrew’s cross: death-feigning tactics
This is a common garden spider, but known by a lot of special names, one of them being the St. Andrew’s Cross spider. They are known so because they align their legs in the...
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the potter wasp
the potter wasp along a sublime background… The potter wasps get their name due to the pot-like nests they build using mud. Family: Vespidae, Subfamily: Eumeninae. Date: 20 Jul 2007 Location: @ home, Kottayam, Kerala,...
sri krishna jayanthi and the legends of parana kananam
Unnikannans Young krishnas playing the flute Shy gopikas… Unnikannan in an autorikshaw Sri Krishna Jayanthi is celebrated as a festival, reminiscing the birthday of Krishna. This year it is on 13-14 August 2009 in...
the tire track eel
Spiny eels are not eels, but elongated fresh water fishes with eel-like bodies and numerous spines preceding the dorsal fin. Very often they stay under the mud substratum, and are mostly nocturnal. These are images of a Tire track...
crab spiders and camouflage
A crab spider (Thomisus sp. Family: Thomisidae) and a flower beetle @ home, Kerala. The Thomisdae, or Crab spiders are the masters of ambush and disguise. Some of them change their colors in tune to the...
