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Photo walk at Gulakamale


It was my first visit to Gulakamale village near Bangalore, and it turned out to be quite uneventful in terms of bird sightings. The lack of cooperative birds was very well compensated by the sightings of small critters and flora that thrive in the monsoon season. Here's a photo tour...

The lake...



Azure damselfly...








Plain Prinia...





Gloriosa superba also known as Glory Lily and Flame Lily. This plant is poisonous, toxic enough to cause human and animal fatalities if ingested. It has been used to commit murder and to commit suicide. Every part of the plant is poisonous, especially the tuberous rhizomes. Poisonings can occur when the tubers are mistaken for sweet potatoes or yams and eaten... 





White Orange-tip butterfly...





Oriental White-eye...


Common Sailor butterfly...


Egg of a Praying Mantis. The egg is protected by its hard capsule...



Male Ditch Jewel dragonfly...


Male Diplacodes trivialis dragonfly also known as chalky percher or ground skimmer...


The cutest critter of the day was a garden snail...





Look at its eyes at the tip of the longer tentacles...


 I hope you liked the post. Do let me know your feedback in the comments section below...

30 comments:

  1. Never seen before a Glory or a Flame Lily! They are wonderful. Fantastic also all the other captures.
    Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed this Post.

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  2. Lovely capture . Wow . Please tell something about my captures on my blog

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  3. I love the snail shots

    Mollyx

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  4. Such beautiful photos, I love how close up you got!

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  5. Wow! Interesting flowers and critters! Nicely photographed!

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  6. Stunning photos - as always!
    Thanks so much for sharing your talents at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-little-bit-squirrely.html

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  7. The Glory Lily is just beautiful!
    Thanks for sharing!

    = Lisa

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  8. The lack of bird variety is no issue here...gorgeous shots of the insects and flowers, etc. A preying mantis egg--wow, now that was a great sighting!

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  9. You show once again true Art of The Nature! Gloriosa superba is stunning!

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  10. woooooooow!!!!
    I must show these photos to my little nephew <3. They are trully amazing :)!!
    happy WW:)

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  11. wonderful Gulakamale! what interesting shapes and colors have the dragonflies, the butterflies the flowers and the snails 😍 absolutely great! Happy WW 😊

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  12. Wow! Your critter captures are astounding, especially of the snail.

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  13. Wow! Amazing photos!
    Thank you for these beauties!
    Happy WW!

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  14. Every single shot is simply amazing, Shiju! Loved the captures. So much variety in the way each creature looks isn't that amazing?

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  15. Don't recall last time I seen a dragon fly. I take part in different Wednesday meme, hope you have time to stop in.
    Coffee is on

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  16. Enjoined seeing so many interesting flowers and insects.

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  17. I've never seen such detail in a snail photo...how interesting! Love the butterflies and different dragonflies. We have a swarm of dragonflies right now in the grass behind our house. Enjoy your day!

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  18. The detail on the damselfly and dragonflies is just exquisite. My grandmother always called dragonflies, "snake doctors". Thanks for linking up this Thursday.

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  19. Your photos are always wonderful to see, so clear and crisp and easy on the eye! The color of that damsel fly is stunning!

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  20. Excellent and interesting photos.

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  21. I loved all the beautiful photos. Clear and well done.

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  22. Hello, the lily is beautiful. I love the butterflies, birds and dragonflies. The snail is so cute. Great series of photos. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend! PS, thanks also for the comment on my blog.

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  23. I'm late getting around to visiting today...birding early before the holiday traffic built up! Thanks for linking in with us this weekend! As always stellar photos!

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  24. beautiful photos, great variety of wildlife

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  25. Amazing photos as always. Love your nature photography :) #openslather

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  26. Some great photos of stunning wildlife #pointshoot@_karendenbid199@gmail nis

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  27. What amazing photos. I love the dragonflies. You have capture so many unique qualities with these wildlife. Fantastic xx #PointShoot

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  28. Another set of amazing photos. I love the bright blue of the damson fly and such amazing detail. Thank you for sharing on #PointShoot 📸

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