katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Oct 26, 2009, 12:20 pm
Leaf Curling Spiders (Phonognatha graeffei) belong to family Araneidae (Orb-weavers). The spider here is a fresh leaf curling spider. They build their retreat with fresh green leaf. Most of the time t...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Oct 25, 2009, 11:21 am
The Lime Butterfly caterpillar passes through 5 different instars before pupation. The first few instars of the caterpillar look like bird droppings and this is nature's way of protecting them fro...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Oct 22, 2009, 11:46 am
The Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya) belong to family Nymphalid, is a medium size butterfly with a wingspan of about 40-50mm. It's a sun-loving species, which can usually be found on grassy patches in...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Oct 16, 2009, 5:05 am
Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus malayanus) lay her eggs singly on the young leaves of the host plant (various Citrus species). The egg has a round shape and measuring about 1mm in diameter. Its colo...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Oct 14, 2009, 11:04 am
Bug Art Pictures
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Oct 7, 2009, 4:25 am
A farmer helplessly watching his wheat straw rick burning. It could be the result of a smooker negligence or most probably a mischievous person set his rick on fire. Rick On Fire
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Oct 6, 2009, 1:55 am
Here are two pictures of Male Danaid Eggfly butterfly (common eggfly or the diadem butterfly) . I never observed a female Danaid Eggfly butterfly or probably I confused it with plain tiger, because fe...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Sep 30, 2009, 12:13 pm
For an amateur photographer like me, taking lightning pictures is rally a difficult task, particularly when you don't have any knowledge of photography and quality equipments. Here are few pictur...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Sep 27, 2009, 10:09 am
The Common Leopard butterfly chrysalis has a beautiful green color with shiny projections of sliver, blue and red colors. It has a length of about 15mm. The pupal stage last for about 5 days. In the ...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Sep 24, 2009, 1:43 pm
A few days ago I brought home two leopard butterfly caterpillars with a branch of weeping willow tree. At the night one disappeared and the other turned into pre-pupa stage. The common leopard butterf...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Sep 23, 2009, 12:47 am
The Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha (Drury) is a medium sized butterfly (wingspan of 50-60 mm) belong to family Nymphalid (Brush-footed Butterflies). This species abounds where its caterpillar food...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Sep 7, 2009, 6:38 am
The Pale Grass Blue (Pseudozizeeria maha) is a small and common butterfly belongs to the family Lycaenidae (Blues family), subfamily Polyommatinae. The male has a wingspan of about 24mm. The female wh...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Aug 31, 2009, 1:56 am
I took this ploughing painting picture at Lahore museum. I liked this painting because it shows a part of our culture, which is now almost out of practice. I'm not sure whether it is an historical...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Aug 23, 2009, 6:02 am
Last night, my brother called me "would you like to take snake picture". In spite of the fact that I'm really afraid of snakes, I ran away to the snake with my camera. This was the second snake we...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Aug 19, 2009, 11:02 pm
Carpenter bees ( genus: Xylocopa, subfamily: Xylocopinae, family: Apidae) are solitary bees i.e they live individually rather then colonies. However some species have tendency to live in simple social...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Aug 17, 2009, 4:21 pm
This wild fig tree (Probably Ficus variegata) grows in northern areas of Pakistan. The strange thing about this tree is that the figs (fruit) grow on trunk and mature branches and that is why it is ca...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Aug 12, 2009, 11:44 pm

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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Aug 12, 2009, 1:55 am
This yellow-black digger wasp (A specie of digger wasps) is a solitary wasp belong to family Sphecidae. They dig hole in the ground or use pre-existed hole to construct their nest. Females capture an...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Aug 10, 2009, 7:49 am
Here are a few flowers pictures of Flowering Pomegranate (Punica granatum) also known as Noshi Shibari or double flower pomegranate. I brought the cutting of this plant from Gomal University D.I.Khan ...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Aug 9, 2009, 9:50 am
Here are two pictures of one butterfly, probably Harford’s Sulphur Butterfly or a similar specie. Harford’s Sulphur (Colias harfordii) belong to family Pieridae (Sulphur & White Butterflies) is a...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Aug 8, 2009, 1:27 am
Teddy Bear Bee (Amegilla cingulata) is an Australian native bee. It belongs to the anthophoridae family of insects. They have golden-brown or yellowish-brown colored furry body with black stripes ...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Aug 5, 2009, 7:40 am
St. Andrew's Cross Spider (Argiope keyserlingii) belong to family Araneidae. This spider can easily be recognized by the silk woven zigzag cross in the middle of its web, which resembles the cross...
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katy y. posted an article on Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures - Aug 4, 2009, 1:56 am
The Common Baron Butterfly (Euthalia aconthea) belong to family Nymphalidae. It is a medium-sized butterfly with a wing span of 55-80mm. Though it's not colored like other species, but still has a...
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