Thursday, 8 January 2015

Golden Orb Web Spider


It makes one of the largest and strongest webs. 

The web is slightly angled and designed to catch large flying insects. The male are so small than females that many times males are not even noticed by females. They usually don’t bite and their venom is also not harmful to humans. 

Its biological name is Nephila Maculata. It belongs to family of Giant Wood Spider.

Sunday, 4 January 2015

Pied Paddy Skimmer


Pied Paddy Skimmer is from species of Dragon Flies. The biological name for this Odonate is Neurothemis Tullia. The male is black in color as shown in picture.

The fly has four wings, Black color touches the body followed by white tinge. The remaining part of the wing is transparent with black strip on the edge.