#insect behaviour

[billionneuronscurious]

Blue-Banded Bee - Amegilla sp. Resting.

One evening, I was climbing Ajinkyatara fort (Satara), actually in search of flowers, but I came across a blue-banded bee, which was about to sleep. I have seen in posts so many times on social media where these bees cling to stem with their mouthpart, with often multiple individuals nearby. I always wished to come across this scene. I had previously seen these bees many times in the Kaas (Kaas Plateau - World Heritage Site, Satara) region, but I never saw them sleeping.

This one appears to be a male bee. Male bees are known to have more bands than female bee. And they can be seen clinging to thin stem with their mouthpart. This is what I find amazing - they keep their entire body in air, including their all legs, and they hold onto stem just by their mouthpart. And that’s it. Compared to us humans, this is very unusual way of resting/ sleeping (but again we are comparing it with humans…).

Dhairyasheel Dayal

[cherrytheorchidmantis]

i tried to take a few videos of cherry eating but she started pooping :(

im uploading it because this blog is mainly to try and document mantis behaviour but its still gross so watch if you need/want to see a male orchid mantis poop and get it caught on its wing i guess

in between the cut she kicked it off with her back foot, unfortunately i missed it because in real time she took too long to remove it and i gave up recording

this video, while gross (sorry cherry) does answer a question i had a while ago, i saw cherry with her abdomen bent at and angle recently and although she seemed fine i couldn’t figure out why or what she was doing, turns out she was probably just taking a shit ;w;

this is sped up x5, irl it took her about 5 mins to poop and have her body return to normal

[babies-w-rabies]

Oh look, it’s after midnight! Time to ask my search engine how to turn myself into a bug again!!

[billionneuronscurious]

Blue-Banded Bee - Amegilla sp. Resting.

One evening, I was climbing Ajinkyatara fort (Satara), actually in search of flowers, but I came across a blue-banded bee, which was about to sleep. I have seen in posts so many times on social media where these bees cling to stem with their mouthpart, with often multiple individuals nearby. I always wished to come across this scene. I had previously seen these bees many times in the Kaas (Kaas Plateau - World Heritage Site, Satara) region, but I never saw them sleeping.

This one appears to be a male bee. Male bees are known to have more bands than female bee. And they can be seen clinging to thin stem with their mouthpart. This is what I find amazing - they keep their entire body in air, including their all legs, and they hold onto stem just by their mouthpart. And that’s it. Compared to us humans, this is very unusual way of resting/ sleeping (but again we are comparing it with humans…).

Dhairyasheel Dayal

[billionneuronscurious]

Mating of The Largest Moth species of India - Atlas Moth. Also one of the largest moths in the world, a beautiful lepidopteran species.

Those who love nature and wildlife often remain disappointed about the creatures and life they haven't been able to witness so far, and so was I. One such species, which I didn't come across (until yesterday) in a living state (I have seen its specimen previously) was this moth.

But, what a sight to behold it was. I got to see not one but two individuals of it, and their mating.

We were heading towards Kalu waterfall (Malshej Ghat). It was raining continuously. And just beside the pathway, from which some 250-300 tourists must have passed (to and fro) on that day, I was able to spot these two (and I indeed take a pride in it). They must have been in this state for more than one and half hour, at least, I saw them at the same spot while returning, too. 

- Dhairyasheel Dayal

[billionneuronscurious]

Mating of The Largest Moth species of India - Atlas Moth. Also one of the largest moths in the world, a beautiful lepidopteran species.

Those who love nature and wildlife often remain disappointed about the creatures and life they haven't been able to witness so far, and so was I. One such species, which I didn't come across (until yesterday) in a living state (I have seen its specimen previously) was this moth.

But, what a sight to behold it was. I got to see not one but two individuals of it, and their mating.

We were heading towards Kalu waterfall (Malshej Ghat). It was raining continuously. And just beside the pathway, from which some 250-300 tourists must have passed (to and fro) on that day, I was able to spot these two (and I indeed take a pride in it). They must have been in this state for more than one and half hour, at least, I saw them at the same spot while returning, too. 

- Dhairyasheel Dayal

[billionneuronscurious]

Mating of The Largest Moth species of India - Atlas Moth. Also one of the largest moths in the world, a beautiful lepidopteran species.

Those who love nature and wildlife often remain disappointed about the creatures and life they haven't been able to witness so far, and so was I. One such species, which I didn't come across (until yesterday) in a living state (I have seen its specimen previously) was this moth.

But, what a sight to behold it was. I got to see not one but two individuals of it, and their mating.

We were heading towards Kalu waterfall (Malshej Ghat). It was raining continuously. And just beside the pathway, from which some 250-300 tourists must have passed (to and fro) on that day, I was able to spot these two (and I indeed take a pride in it). They must have been in this state for more than one and half hour, atleast, I saw them at the same spot while returning, too. 

- Dhairyasheel Dayal

[eldritch-squirrel]

Hoverflies... waiting in line for the flower?