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Jan 30, 2012, 3:08 pm
The Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo) is a species of crane in the family Gruidae. It's about 95 cm long with a 155–180 cm wingspan. It weighs 2–3 kg. It is the smallest species of crane.
The Demoiselle Crane is symbolically significant in the culture of India and Pakistan. In Urdu it'... Comment - Like
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Jan 24, 2012, 1:58 pm
The Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), is a small, long-tailed, parrots in the family Psittacidae, subfamily Psittacinae, tribe Platycercini (broad-tailed parrots). It's commonly known as common pet parakeet, shell parakeet or budgie. It feeds on grass seeds. In captivity millet seeds are a good... Comment - Like
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Jan 22, 2012, 2:19 am
TheScutigera coleoptrata is a species of centipede in the family Scutigeridae. Members of the family Scutigeridae are commonly known as the House Centipede. Scutigera coleoptrata is a yellowish-grey centipede having 15 pairs of legs. The rear end has longer legs as compare to head end legs. It us... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2012, 1:56 am
Social Work or Child Labour?
Before writing any thing about this image, I would love to hear my visitors opinion about it. Comment - Like
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Jan 13, 2012, 10:58 am
The Water Clover is a common name used for the species of aquatic ferns in the genus Marsilea, family Marsileaceae. There are 65 species within the genus Marsilea. It's also known as four-leaf clover, because of its resemblance with the 4-leaved clover (Trifolium). It can grow in both low and high l... Comment - Like
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Jan 7, 2012, 1:54 pm
The Pehur High Level Canal (PHLC) also known as STFA Canal, is located at Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This 26 km long canal was constructed by a Turkish construction firm, STFA, at the cost of Rs 6,460 million. The project started in 1993 and completed in 2005. This is the first ever parabolic canal ... Comment - Like
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Jan 3, 2012, 11:44 pm
These cute kid pictures are sent by an esteemed visitor of my blog from Main Chunnu, Punjab. These are the images of a lovely kid Rana Rayan, taken at different stages of his childhood.
A Punjabi Kid
Rana Rayan
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Jan 2, 2012, 11:59 am
This is my first shot of 2012, I took this morning with my cell phone camera. Before happening this tragic event, my friend asked the donkey cart driver not to over load the cart, but he didn't give us any attention and continued placing heavy bags in the cart. The result is in front of you. The d... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 2011, 1:03 pm
Wish You All a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2012.
No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his confidence gone. As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly, he is not a failure; he is not beaten until he turns his back on life.
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Dec 28, 2011, 2:43 pm
Green leaves are beautiful, but when they become dry, they look even more beautiful. Here is the proof.
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Dec 27, 2011, 1:37 pm
The White-banded Digger Bee (Amegilla quadrifasciata) is a species of solitary bees belonging to the family Apidae, subfamily Apinae. They have a body length up to 12 mm long. The thorax is densely hairy, while the abdomen alternate black and white stripes. They have large bulging eyes, their long... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2011, 6:37 am
The Velvet-spotted Blue (Azanus ubaldus) is a small butterfly belongs to the family Lycaenids (Blues family) found in Asia and Africa. It's also know as Bright Babul Blue or Desert Babul Blue.
Velvet-spotted Blue Butterfly
Velvet-spotted Blue Mating Pair
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Oct 27, 2011, 11:49 am
The Mole crickets are insects in the family polyphagous. They are subterranean dwellers, and some species are capable of flight. They are brownish and very fat, measuring about 25-40 mm long. They have short antennae. The enlarged front legs are modified for burrowing and swimming. They are polyphag... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2011, 7:02 am
The wasps in the Hymenopteran family Chrysididae are commonly known as Cuckoo wasps. Cuckoo wasps are brilliant metallic blue, green or reddish in color. They are known by a number of common names including jewel wasp, gold wasp and emerald wasp.
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Oct 19, 2011, 11:48 am
The long-winged conehead (Conocephalus discolor) is a member of the family Tettigoniidae, generally known as katydids or bush crickets. It has a body length of about 18-22mm. It has a green colored body with brown wings, which exceed beyond the tip of its abdomen. Females are easily distinguished fr... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2011, 2:01 pm
Nephele hespera is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae, commonly known as hawk or sphinx moth. It has a wingspan of about 80 mm.
Hawk Moth-Nephele hespera
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Oct 12, 2011, 12:09 pm
The Jeweled Flower Mantis (Creobroter gemmatus) is a species of mantis in the family Mantidae, genus Creobroter. The females have a body length of about 45mm and the males, which are slightly shorter have a body length of about 40mm. Below you see the pictures of a female Jeweled Flower Mantis and t... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2011, 11:52 am
The Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug (Aelia acuminata) is a species of bug in the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae. It has a body length of about 8-10mm. It has triangular front (pronotum and head), which resembles Bishop pointed hat and that is why it got the common name Bishop's Mitre Shield B... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2011, 9:33 am
The Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli), is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae (hawk moths). It has a wingspan of about 80mm. The adult Convolvulus Hawk-moth is grey with a light and dark pattern on the wings. Both sides of the abdomen has black, pink and white colored regular spots. ... Comment - Like
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Oct 4, 2011, 2:59 pm
The Box Bug (Gonocerus acuteangulatus) is a species of squash bugs (family Coreidae). It's a potential pest of many agricultural crops. But luckily they occur in very small number in our area, so there is no need to worry about their control.
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Oct 2, 2011, 10:43 am
The Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) or Hill Hedge Blue is a butterfly that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family, found in northerrn areas of Pakistan, but occasionally can also be found in plain areas. The underside of the wings are pale blue with black spots. The upperside wings are bright bl... Comment - Like
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Sep 27, 2011, 7:35 am
Evaniidae is a family of parrasitic wasp, generally known as the ensign wasps or hatchet wasps. There are about 400 species of ensign wasps in 20 extant genera all over the world. The ensign wasp deposits her eggs inside cockroach egg cases, where the larvae develop. Due to this behavior of ensign... Comment - Like
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Sep 22, 2011, 11:56 am
These ignored people are deserved the utmost attention of our rulers, social welfare departments, NGOs and others who claim to be the philanthropists and collect a large amount on the names of these most deprived people of our community.
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Sep 20, 2011, 6:44 am
Pakistan is facing dengue fever epidemic these days. In the last two weeks more than 6,000 cases have been reported and at least forty people have died.
This post is intended to help the people effected by dengue fever.
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Sep 16, 2011, 1:00 pm
The Castor Semi-Looper (Achaea janata) is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae (owlet moths). It has a wingspan of about 50mm. It has light and dark brown patterned forewings, and black and white hindwings. They are called Castor Semi-Looper Moth, because their caterpillars known as costar se... Comment - Like
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Sep 13, 2011, 7:12 am
This little guy is a new serving boy at a local cold drinks shop. I didn't ask him about his age , but most probably he is under 12 years of age. I asked him about his working hours and his daily wage. He works from 9:00am to 7:00pm i.e 10 hours a day and get 40 Pakistani rupees i.e 50 cents a day. ... Comment - Like
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Sep 8, 2011, 5:35 am
The Hippodamia variegata is a species of lady beetles belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Coccinellinae. It's about 6-8mm long. It's black head with white pattern. The pronotum is also black with white border and two spots. The elytra are orange with 13 black spots. It's known by a numb... Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2011, 2:49 am
The Bidens pilosa, commonly known as Spanish Needle, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It's a weed that grows up to 3 feet in height. This plant produces individual small flowers which usually contain 4 to 8 white petals and yellow colored disc florets. The seeds are blac... Comment - Like
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Sep 1, 2011, 10:55 am
what do Damselfly Nymphs look like? The pictures below will answer the question.
Damselfly nymphs are aquatic, who live underwater and molt several times before turning into adults damselfly. They only come to the surface when they are ready to emerge as adults. Nymphs are carnivorous, feeding ... Comment - Like
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Aug 31, 2011, 2:57 pm
The Physiphora alceae is a small sized, metallic green-colored fly in the family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged Flies), subfamily Ulidiina. It has a body length of about 4mm. It feeds on nectar, pollen and feces. The larvae of these flies live in manure or under barks.
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Aug 30, 2011, 4:11 am
This Metallic Green Ground Beetle (Harpalus affinis) is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae (ground beetle), Subfamily Harpalinae and Tribe Harpalini. It has a body length of up to 12 mm. The adult beetle is shiny metallic green and that's why it's commonly known as "Metallic Green Ground Be... Comment - Like
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Aug 23, 2011, 2:55 pm
The European Earwig (Forficula auricularia), also known as Common Earwig is an omnivorous insect in the family Forficulidae. The name "Earwig" is the common name given to the insect order Dermaptera and comes from the rumor that these insects burrowed into the brains of humans through the ears. Earw... Comment - Like
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Aug 20, 2011, 3:34 am
Pictures of unknown moth caterpillars from my collection, I captured in the last three years. Until now I didn't get any clue of their identification, so I decided to post them as unidentified, on the hope that someone will be able to help me. Any Identification help would be highly appreciated.
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Aug 14, 2011, 5:47 am
The Creatonotos gangis is a species of moth in the family Arctiidae (Tiger Moths), found in Pakistan. It has a wingspan of about 40mm. They have brown forewings with dark streaks, and white hindwings. The abdomen is red from top and black from underside. The red portion has black spots.
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Aug 8, 2011, 9:52 am
The Yellow Coster (Acraea issoria) is a medium sized (wingspan 60-70mm), leathery-winged butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies) found in Kashmir Valley, Pakistan. I shot this female yellow coster, while she was at rest under a dar (Debregeasia salicifolia) leaf for laying egg... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2011, 5:37 am
The Glassy Bluebottle (Graphium cloanthus) is a swallowtail butterfly (Family: Papilionidae) found in Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It has a wingspan of about 80 – 90 mm.
Glassy Bluebottle (Graphium cloanthus)
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