butterflies

I was about to write something about this event for my blog, and realized my official report for the Karnataka Forest Dept would do just as well! The founder-members of Bangalore Butterfly Club (BBC), from

When we talk of conservation, we often think of trees, water, mammals and birds. However, Rohit Girotra, who, in the past few years, has popularized  butterfly walks, and indeed, has discovered several species of butterflies

Email to the bngbirds egroup: It was very pleasant to be able to go to Kaikondrahalli Kere after a long time and find that, apart from the dumping and levelling going on down one side

A butterfly hunter in Lalbagh, 20th December 2013   Vinyasa U writes:“Suhas S Sapthagiri has noticed a person (a foreigner by the looks of him)  killing butterflies in Lalbagh, Bangalore, on 20th December 2013. Whatever  the

With so many butterflies flocking to our Puttenahalli lake of late, it seems appropriate to get experts to identify them and take good pix of these fleeting, flighty beauties.      In June came Ms.

Your little garden is not just for your plants. It supports a lot of animal life too. Do you see butterflies and squirrels in your garden?

   Here are some of the common butterflies that one can see around us, right now. One of the good places I look for them is the Reserve Forest in the MICO Arikere Layout; but

The Common Jezebel loves the Rain trees and Gulmohurs. But comes to feed on bushes down below. Its unhurried and confident flight is the result of the strong defence mechanism it possesses.