Environments in which most native plants wouldn't survive.

'Noxious weeds' aren't necessarily noxious everywhere they grow. And under right conditions, actively support native wildlife

📸 31 JAN 2023 (15:48 hrs.) near Lilavati Podar School, #Powai, #Hiranandani, #Mumbai. (3/3).

#butterflies #butterfly #pollinators

Apefly (Spalgis epius epius).

A rarity among Indian butterflies, the Apefly's caterpillar is a carnivore which feeds on scale insects, and mealybugs.

The delicate looking, snow-white adults are strong fliers, which will often perch on trees.

Females have no specific host plant, and will deposit eggs wherever the intended prey of its future progeny is found.

📸 31 JAN 2023 (16:02 hrs.) resting amidst the branches of Indian Beech (Millettia pinnata), #Hiranandani #powai, #Mumbai.

#butterfly

#Brahmand #Hiranandani estate road, #Thane
#ferriswheel
#thursdayvibes
#fair

Looking much like the Water type Legendary #Pokemon #Kyogre, an albino giant river catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) peacefully swims in the waterways of Niravana park, #Hiranandani #gardens, #Powai as visitors to the park (sounds left in), enjoy a slice of #nature in the middle of #India's largest #metropolis, #Mumbai.

Endangered in its native #Thailand, the species has been widely introduced in the country as food, and ornamentation.

#wildlife #fish #zoology #ichthyology #urbanwildlife

📸 :

I & II - 29 NOV 2022 (14:42 hrs.) at Govandi East, Eastern #mumbai

III - 24 FEB 2021 at #Powai, #Hiranandani, Central #Mumbai.

IV - Common Pierrot Butterfly 📸 27 OCT 2020, at #Nagaon, #Alibaug district, #Maharashtra, #India.