April 2022

Congratulations Tushar( @tusharagarwal18 )! for observing Purple Leaf Blue. Let's choose this observation as the observation of the month for April 2022!

There were only two observations on iNaturalist before this observation.One is from Bhimashankar by @amol_pendharkar04 , and the other is from the Tamhini by @mayuresh_kulkarni . Both the butterfly observations are ten years old. Hence, this observation came after ten years is very special for butterflies of Pune.

There was good butterfly activity in April, but very few of us documented butterflies this month. Only 156 butterfly observations of 76 species from April 2022 are on the inaturalist for the Pune district. I request you all to please upload or document your observations on such platforms.

Let's check those 150 observations. There is no new addition to the checklist, but many amazing records. @mandarn captured four Common Mormons mudpuddling in Mulashi. It's a lovely photo. Also, his Red Helen nectoring observation is worth mentioning as we usually observe the species during mudpuddling, but nectoring behavior is not so common. Dr. @himanshupandav also observed this nectoring behavior of the Red helen.
@joshiadityar observed a Silver Streak blue in the Sahakar Nagar region . The Silverstreak blue is not socommon in the city. So, with this observation, one can now expect more observations of the species from The Sahakar Nagar or Taljai region. Dr.@himanshupandav Observed many species on a single scat in Tamhini.

The lead observer of the month is @bhagwatn with 50+observations, Dr. @himanshupandav is following him with 30+ observations, and @tusharagarwal18 and @mandarn added 13 observations each during April 2022.

Happy Butterflying

Publicado el junio 28, 2022 05:27 MAÑANA por swanand