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They have been transcribed as "orange-pekoe", "bo-ko-ta-ko", "crossword puzzle" or "one more bottle". In northern India, they can be locally common during the breeding season with densities estimated at a calling bird for every 2 km 2 (0.77 sq mi). [3] They feed on hairy caterpillars and other insects but sometimes take fruits. [3]
India is also known for its butterflies, such as lesser grass blue, common blue Apollo, common mime, common Mormon, and common Pierrot. The orchid mantis is an iconic mantis found in the Western Ghats of India. Laboratory stick insects and leaf insects are found in abundance.
Pages in category "Insects of India" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 415 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Despite the Indian government classifying bats as vermin in the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, the Indian flying fox is sacred in India. In the Puliangulam village in India, a banyan tree in the middle of local agriculture fields is home to a colony of 500 Indian flying foxes. The bats are protected by the local spirit "Muniyandi", and the ...
Checklist of Odonata (Insecta) of India. Version 3.0. zsi.gov.in. Prasad, M. & Varshney R.K. (1995). A checklist of the Odonata of India including data on larval studies. Oriental Insects 29: 385-428. K.A.Subramanian (2005) Dragonflies and Damselflies of India-A field guide .
Therea petiveriana, variously called the desert cockroach, seven-spotted cockroach, domino cockroach, or Indian domino cockroach, is a species of crepuscular cockroach found in southern India. They are members of a basal group within the cockroaches.
This is a list of moths of the family Oecophoridae that are found in India. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of India. Acria ceramitis Meyrick, 1908; Acria emarginella (Donovan, 1804) Psorosticha zizyphi (Stainton, 1859) Tonica niviferana (Walker, 1864)
Patanga succincta, the Bombay locust, is a species of locust found in India and southeast Asia. Usually a solitary insect, only in India has it has exhibited swarming behaviour . The last plague of this locust was in that country between 1901 and 1908 and there have not been any swarms since 1927.