Other Than Blooms....

With the collection of plants in my garden growing
steadily, the number of my winged and not winged
visitors have increased by leaps and bounds. Which
is why I do not walk out of the front door without
my camera...

There's something new to be discovered every single
day. I've learned not to desperately run after a
new-to-my-garden-insect because I know that once I
see it here, it's going to be back. Then I have the
privilege to shoot my subject at a leisurely pace.



These three swallowtail butterflies--the Common Mormon--
taken on three different days have different markings.
According to some sites that I checked, the first looks
like a female and the other two, male. They always seem
to be in a tearing hurry but for once they were still!!









Found these two heartily chomping on citrus leaves!



A golden dragonfly resting on a bromeliad.



A moth I found one morning.



A beautiful brown dragonfly on a dry bamboo leaf. It flew
away so this was the only shot I could get.



The Bulbul is a regular visitor and its favourite perch
happens to be my Jamun/Indian Blackberry tree. The red
colour below its tail is most striking.





A pair had recently nested on my palm grove but I can't say
whether this is one of them.



I had to take several shots of this colourful spider. A
slight breeze was blowing and with every gentle waft it
would sway to and fro. Finally, the air was still and I
got this shot.





It took me some time to 'befriend' this light blue
dragonfly before it deigned to sit still and pose
for me!:)



A scarlet Marsh Hawk dragonfly. I'll seeing more of them soon.



Hive-building in progress on the Acalypha plant. When I
went closer to get a better shot, one wasp even stopped
'working' and looked menacingly at me!! Getting stung
isn't something I look forward to so I smoked them out
only to have them build another hive just a few feet away!