Though highly jet-lagged, I decided not to miss the buttering outing, and joined Rohit Girotra and the buttering gang at Adigas; after breakfast, we went to the Reserve Forest. Here are some of the interesting things I captured on camera:

Plain Tiger caterpillars:

Plain Tiger:

Common Grass Yellow:

Blue:

Lemon Emigrant:

Common Cerulean

Blue Tiger:

Chocolate Pansy on Silver Oak flower:

Common Pierrot:

Common Leopard:

Sunbeam and Spider:

This regnant Praying Mantis would soon be laying her eggs:

Here,for comparision is a non-pregnant Mantis:

Leaf-footed Bug:

Wingless grasshopper:

Unknown insect:

Plant hopper:

Bug and Praying Mantis:

Spider with prey:

Millipedes on fecal material. Droppings, dung, or scat (or call it shit) is a nutrient in Nature, and never wasted!

And here are the mammals…

In the fastest-growing grass:

In the nursery area:

Photographing the Skipper:

We are all prone to photography:

On the buttering trail:

I liked the lovely colours of the “4 o’clock flower”, called, in Tamizh,”anthi manthArai” (Mirabilis jalapa)

Priya pointed out a puffball Mushroom:

Termite nests, extend to quite a depth below the ground as well as quite a height above it…and the temperature remains regulated throughout, in all seasons. Here, one can see the wall perforations for temperature control:

I was very tired within a short span of time, and Madhu kindly dropped me back to the bus stop. I came home and fell into a deep sleep, but I enjoyed my morning very much!