dharas's Journal

This is a note about an observation related to the same moth found some time back on a night jasmin tree.Though I still dont know its exact name, it belong to the Genus Psilogramma.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66011056

What made me write this is because , I saw it was eaten by a yellow billed babbler today.
So this should be the same reason why i was not able to find it last time after couple of days.
The yellow billed babbler seemed very busy on the branches of the tree ... may be to find some more for its snack. This catepillar was quite big and it was difficult for this bird to swallow it at once. First it kept banging it on a wall before eating and did the same thing again and again while holding it between the beak. I couldn't take a photograph of the incident as the babblers get easily distracted even by a very little noise around. Besides, its their normal life !

We have been observing a group of three to four Red Pierots throughout the day in the home garden from September to October 2020 (Sri Lanka). They could be seen around in the garden any time on the day . They are still here in the garden throughout this November 2020 also; in the month i thought of recording the observation. None of the butterflies stayed this long for the past year.

Some of them have faded in colour; their brighter red colour has become pale orange and the wings worn-out. However, few of brighter ones also there.

Once the Red Pierrot perched on a leaf or a flower, they seemed to be quiet, it didn't fly away far. So a photo friendly butterfly i would say. :)
They also seemed to perch on a variety of plants in the garden. (eg: Kamaranka leaves, Monarakudumbiya, nil katarolu, grass