Coffee Locust on Gloriosa superba

[Neil Soares]

Hi,  Was at my farm at Shahapur on Sunday. A Coffee Locust was feeding on the leaves of my Glory Lilies [though not captured in the photographs].                      With regards,                        Neil Soares.

[Shantanu]

Mindblowing pics of Coffee locust and Glory Lillies...
thanks for sharing

Shantanu : )

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[tanay bose]

Looks lovely n colourful

Tanay

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[mani nair]

Mr. Neil, Colorful locust.  Why it is called a Coffee locust? 

Regards,

Mani.

[Neil Soares]

Hi Mani,   It is found in large numbers on coffee estates, hence the common name. When handled it emits a liquid from thoracic pores that froths and emits an unpleasant odour - this along with its bright colours serves a protective function.                     Regards,                       Neil Soares. --- On Wed, 8/25/10, mani nair <mani....@gmail.com> wrote:

[Pankaj Oudhia]

Thanks Neil ji for useful information. In home garden I found these caterpillars infesting Gloriosa.

http://pankajoudhia.com/album/main.php?g2_itemId=13683

(Click on image to enlarge it.)


Without any delay I collected and presented it to the Traditional Healers using insects as medicine. They accepted this gift and now I am waiting for some good information. ;)

regards

Pankaj Oudhia

[mani nair]

Thanks Mr. Neil for this useful information.

Regards,

Mani.