Babies coming out from the egg case (ootheca).
Udanur road behind ddu res school kalaburgi
Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake is a nocturnal species of non-venomous snake uncommon to rarely found in Vidarbha, India. It primarily feeds on geckos and lizards. It diets contains Hemidactylus gracilis, Sitana ponticeriana, Calotes versicolor, Psammophilus blandfordinus etc. It is much agile but calm snake.
Suddenly flew in and plopped down onto the volley ball court. Was quite unreactive to our actions around. Disappeared around when it started getting dark. Seen with @vsanchi, @thileepan, @visu. Photos by Navneeth, uploaded with his permission.
Tangled with striped coral snake. Roadkill.
A juvenile. Probably a zawi, although neck collar typically absent in adults is present in this individual.
Indian Grey Mongoose with Russell's Viper kill, Bannerghatta Walk, 021023
Flat eggs stacked and had few fiber-like glue binding them
Rescued from the BEL factory by Vivek & team. Thinks it may have arrived with a shipment from Maharashtra though nobody's sure how it ended up here! Adding to iNat since it's so peculiar
Captured by my friend,all credits goes to BB-cat!!
time is inaccurate, inat wont let me remove it :-( however the date is correct
Looked like a colourful ant at first glance, on ziziphus
Is that a male that pupated! Never seen bagworm moth like this. Since female live and die inside the bag, wonder if this is male. Can't help but think of Aliens movie 🙂
Crashed into a neighbour' s glass window..Tried flying after a while and again crashed into another neighbours window. PFA was called to check for injuries ..The bird was revived with some sugar water by the PFA person and we released it in a nearby orchard, away from houses soon after
This species is frequently seen in this area but nobody is aware about it.. Suddenly I found this in the area...
Echis sp. Viperidae
Malabar pit viper
Injured by the jeep. Moved off the road.
Counted 13 individuals today. Locally abundant in this patch
Tried to look like a floating straw to evade!
Female nectaring
found this laying its eggs on my car antenna.
Rock Agama Fight , Hyderabad
Intrasexual competition between males for female mates is very common among different lizard species. Males spend most of their energy in fights over a female to establish dominance and/or to impress a female by demonstrating a high quality of fitness. In Egernia whitii, a type of skink found in southeastern Australia, larger males (strength and size correlating positively) have advantages over smaller males. Larger males are able to intimidate rivals with their size, ward off other males from a female and claim territory space. The losers of fights have an increased Stress rate and less breeding opportunities. Fighting among males illustrates to a female that he would be able to provide protection for her and her eggs.Males mostly use their weapons and become more aggressive only during the breeding season when they are competing over a female. Once the breeding season is over they rarely use their weapons. Some weapons used are spikes on the body and tail, teeth, and claws.In combat, an iguana lizard’s teeth are used as a weapon since their bite force can result in injury to other males; this leads the weaker male to flee from the fight and abort his chance of trying to mate. Bite-force performance predicts dominance in males. Male dominance correlates with a large territory size and access to females. Males with a stronger bite force sire more offspring in comparison to weaker biting rivals as well. In the collared lizard Crotaphytus collaris, males display their locomotive skills in order to attract a female by getting to territory and resources first. Faster males have energy to spend when it comes to obtaining food and territory.Faster males are protective of their female mate as opposed to slower males they also have a higher reproductive success then slower males because faster males mate with more females on a first come, first serve basis. In Australian agamid lizards coloration influences competitive success; the more intimidating a male is perceived based on his color, the more likely a weaker male would not want to compete with him for a chance to mate with a female.(wiki)