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Participation in Larsen Memorial Butterfly Survey (The Nilgiris)
Team Longwood Shola
Team Members: Baiju K , Ramanasaran H, Jayakumar, Vinay Krishnan, Rosita V
Places: Longwood Shola, Banagudi (Kotagiri)
Habitat: Shola Forest, Tea Plantation
Forest Officials: Range Officer: - Mr. Srinivasan, Forest Reserve Watcher- Mrs. Siva Parvathi Forest Guard- Mr. Murugan
It was a 2 day survey. First day our team went to Longwood Sho-
la Forest which is surrounded by a tea plantation. We Started by
8:30 in the morning after having our breakfast. Since it was a
thick forest with very fewer open areas, we aren't able to find
much of butterfly species. We returned to the base camp by
afternoon with 16 species. Next day, we went to the Banagudi
Shola Forest which is a small forest area surrounded by a small
village and tea plantation. It was a good place and our team
were able to find 75 species at that day. Since we completed the
transect earlier on that place, we went to Kunjapanai Forest and
joined with another team for a walk. The commonest species on
our area was Red-eye Bushbrown, Cabbage White, Rustic and
White-bar Bushbrown.
The highlighted find of our team was 1st Instar Caterpillar of
Common Awlking and Egg of Banded Royal Butterfly.
Rustic pupa
Narration & Pictures: Nishanth CV & Ramanasaran Hari
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