When we think of insects, we more often than not, think of them as pests. Perhaps true, but only to a limited extent. This opinion is largely because we have been exposed to very few insects… most that cause people…
Parental care in potter wasps
The word wasp is often associated with fear…fear of a possible painful sting! It is mostly this fear that prevents us from trying to understand these marvelous creatures and their ways. Would we even associate these wasps with parents that…
Spiders in my garden
Spiders have an uncanny knack of turning up at the most unexpected of places and surprising you. I am not the only one to have experienced this. People have seen spiders on remote mountaintops, on newly formed islands and other…
Beauty in diversity – Fungi
They are in the ground, they are on the trees; some are tiny, some large; some are soft while others are hard; some look like corals while some resemble clubs; some are dully coloured while some are brightly coloured; some…
Spiders as Predators
I write this piece with a heavy heart as I just learnt that Mr. Lavkumar Khachar is no more. I have had the pleasure of interacting with him on multiple occasions and talking to him on the phone many a…