Feisty Friday, with freaky fronds, fantastical snakes, fierce spiders, & funky moths
Monsoon Beauty Highlights - 15th Jul. - 11th August. 23
Plants : Ferns
Plants - Vascular Plants - Ferns - Leptosporangiate Ferns - Order Polypodiales - Suborder Pteridineae - Brake Family - Subfamily Vittarioideae - Maidenhair Ferns
Devika MB, shares this unique Broadleaf Maidenhair (Adiantum latifolium), from Kerala, belonging to the Genus Adiantum , a greek word meaning "unwetted", referring to the fronds' ability to shed water without becoming wet.
Definitely the freaky fronds we need in this wet Monsoon month.
Observed by @devika_mb
Location : Meloor, Kerala, India
Lead Identifier : @mwtreftig
Observed on: 18th July 2023
Notes :
Information sourced from Wikipedia
Reptiles : Snake
Animals Kingdom Animalia - Chordates - Vertebrates - Reptiles - Snakes and Lizards - Snakes - Shield-tailed Snakes
Ritu shares this fantastical nonvenomous Shield-tailed Snake(Genus Uropeltis). These snakes are endemic to Peninsular India. The name is derived from the Greek words*ura* ('tail') and pelte ('shield'), indicating the presence of the large keratinous shield at the tip of the tail.These snakes are not well known in terms of their diversity, biology, and natural history.
Observed by @ritu2008
Location : Amboli, Maharashtra, India
Observed on: 29th July, 2023
@ritu2008 is on instagram as pandian2004
Notes :
Information sourced from Wikipedia
Arachnid : Spiders
Animals - Arthropods - Chelicerates - Arachnids- Spiders - Typical Spiders - Entelegyne Spiders - Araneoid Spiders - Orbweavers - Subfamily Argiopinae - Garden Orbweavers
One of India's most easily observed and dramatic spiders is possibly this, giant signature spider, the Oval Saint Andrew's Cross Spider (Argiope aemula). Veena S, however, has captured a fascinating close up of what seems like a large female is its web with possibly the remains of a dead male that it likely ate after mating.
Observed by @veenas
Location : Bengaluru, KA, India
Observed on: 2nd August, 2023
Veena occasionally posts as vee_stills on Instagram
Females Spiders sometimes eat males after the mating ritual:
During mating when the male arrives at the female's web, he begins courtship. After courtship, the male inserts his palpal bulb into the female. This is known as the first insertion. After the first insertion, the male then jumps away from the female. Some males are eaten before they can escape. If they can successfully escape, the male begins the second insertion. Around half the time, the second insertion is successful while the other half, the male is eaten after the first insertion. Source Wikipedia
NMW Day 8. 29th July 2023
Animals - Arthropods - Hexapods - Insects - Winged & Once-winged Insects - Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) - Hawk, Sphinx, Silk, Emperor, and Allied Moths - Sphinx Moths -Subfamily Sphinginae - Tribe Sphingini
This Plain Grey Hawkmoth (Psilogramma increta) shared by Poorna Sona, from Karnataka, belong to the a family called Sphinx or hawk moths (Family Sphingidae).
These moderate to large sized moths are different from other moths in their ability for agile and sustained flight, in fact similar enough to that of hummingbirds as to be reliably mistaken for them. Their narrow wings and streamlined abdomens are adaptations for rapid flight.
Observed by : @poorna_sona
Location : Paduvannur, Karnataka, India
Lead Identifier : @ajaylives
Observed on: 29th July, 2023
Information sourced from Source Wikipedia
Poorna shares her insights on nature via Instagram
NMW Day 9. 30th July 2023
Animals - Arthropods - Hexapods - Insects - Winged & Once-winged Insects - Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) - Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer, & Allied Moths - Burnet Moths - Subfamily Chalcosiinae
This funky Caterpillar from the Achelura bifasciata Complex spotted in the hills of Meghalaya and shared by Batriti Lamare is another freaky Friday highlight.
Observed by : @ti_lamare
Location : Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Observed on: 30th July, 2023
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Batriti Lamare is on Instagram as well.
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