The Squash Bug

The other day I was at my sister's place where I came across this unique bug on the long bean climber. I have never seen anything like this before. I took quite a few shots but it made no attempt to fly away. Checking online later, I think it comes closest to the description of the squash bug. A pest in the garden! These bugs suck sap pumpkins, melons and other cucurbits. The long bean climber had cucumber plants as its immediate neighbours. No wonder!

Weekend Reflections/Blue-eyed Bee

This week I'm posting light reflections on the muti-hued wings of this carpenter bee. Its favourite perch is a drying leaf of the potted mother-in-law's tongue that I have. The other day,these metallic wings sparkled in the reflected glory of the sun!:)


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The Golden Oriole

Not the best shot, I must say, but this is the first photo I have taken of the Golden Oriole. It looks spectacular with that yellow and black colours. Please click on the photo to see the details. This is a male. The female is drab green but I have never seen one. Looking up online I found out that.the Golden Oriole prefers deciduous woodlands, forest edges and orchards. 


My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather.~ Terri Guillemets

Leaf Beetles Or Love Bugs?

This morning I posted pictures of my May-blooming orchids/Aerides odorata on my other blog for a weekly meme where I participate regularly. Ever since these blooms appeared, the ants, the bees, and these leaf beetles have been living it up on these fragrant blooms!:)

Some time back, One, who posts the most amazing pictures of insects ( and blooms, and scenic sights) had posted a picture of a mating pair of leaf beetles. Well, the other day, I was going about my own business, read that as: looking for butterflies and other interesting winged critters, when I came across these sights.

Hope you enjoyed going through these images! Andrea will be tickled pink to see this post (me thinks)!!


Have a great Sunday, everyone!

Weekend Reflections/Wild Duck

Today's photo is from a pond in the outskirts of the city. It was late in the afternoon and the light was fading. Suddenly we saw this little duck and although I clicked away, what I got was more of the reflection in the water.

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Weekend Reflections/Scene From A Resort

The other day we were at a resort not too far away from the city. Some of the ponds and this particular lake in the property, was a delight to see. Without this meme, I doubt if I would have looked at reflections the way I see them now...in any water body, big or small, seeking and seeing little fairy-tale wonders in puddles and droplets of rain...

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Wish you all a wonderful weekend!!

The Yellow Pansy Butterfly

Ever since I started to blog, I have been photographing the Pansy butterflies. The commonly seen are the Lemon Pansy/Junonia lemonias, the Grey pansy/Junonia atlites, the Chocolate Pansy/ Junonia iphita, and the Peacock Pansy/Junonia almana. The Blue Pansy and the Yellow Pansy had eluded me so far. But the other day as we took a walk around the resort that we'd gone to, this beautiful butterfly begged to be photographed!! But as soon as the shutter was ready to be hit, it'd fly away and later come back. In these hurried shots, the beautiful blue eye spots (absent in males, prominent in females) can just barely be seen.


Returning home I checked out my book on butterflies by Isaac Kehimkar and found out that this butterfly is commonly found in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. It's an active butterfly which flies close to the ground and prefers sunny places. Now maybe the Blue Pansy won't take long to show up too!:)