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My Best Butterfly Moment 2017
Gopal Krishnan
It was cloudy when we arrived the spot on Aug 5 for Kodai survey . After an hour or so the sunlight came up and the movement started .. These two beauties came from nowhere and surprised us with their presence and co-operated for a wonderful photo session . We were exhausted and while having some refreshment , they came near to us to inspect our bags , T . shirt and caps !! It was a memorable moment indeed ....
Amol Mande
It was the refreshing morning of 15th August 2017 Independence Day inside a deep forest away from hustle and bustle of the city environment . I was eating a ready to cook MTR Pongal and suddenly I heard Sharan told me “ Anna , Painted Sawtooth ”. I couldn ’ t believe for a second but the very next moment I kept my plate down and ran to get my camera . The beauty was generous to give so many poses and was there for nearly half an hour . I had a long wish to capture this beauty and finally , it fulfilled @ Deviar Estate . It ’ s really an awesome place and TNBS should explore it .
Theivaprakasham Hari
Anamalai Tiger Reserve Memories
01 May 2017
This butterfly trip is one of my best butterfly memories of this year 2017 . The trip started from Coimbatore with CV Nishanth , Kishore Kumaran , Muthu Vivek and Theivaprakasham Hari . The place welcomed us with mud-Puddling of 1000 + Emigrants . The walk started at 9.30AM and ended by 1.30PM due to lashing rains . The trip fetched us all Papilionidae of Tamil Nadu except Spot Swordtail . The place was full of butterflies and we ended up with 104 species ( 4 lifers for me ) at the end of 4 hours butterfly walk . The lifers for me were Malabar banded Swallowtail , Five-bar Swordtail , Lesser Albatross and Fluffy Tit . Summer Migration of Pieridae was very active with Common Emigrant , Common Albatross , and Common Gull . They were seen in thousands moving in chains from the east direction towards west direction along the river streams .
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