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My name is Amit Sayyed. Being a nature lover and interested towards wiIdlife i started my work long back in 2001. As a beginner i had a urge to do something which will help to improve my knowledge in the wildlife but in the course of time i realised that this is a vast field and requires collective efforts to conserve our Mother Nature.So the first step towards this direction was establishment of our Org Wildlife Protection and Research Society. which works for conservation of forests and wildlife and operates across Maharashtra. Further i wrote 3 informative books. Now i am working as a Researcher in WLPRS and ANIMAL WELFARE OFFICER. I have been doing research in wildlife since 15 years, as a part of research subject i have chosen geckos (Cnemaspis) and frogs (Rhacophoridae) Wildlife photography is my passion and I have extensive collection of wildlife photographs. I would like to share few of them with you. For more information i can be reached at 9922277772.or mail me at :amitsayyedsatara@gmail.com

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Golden Web Spider





The Golden Web Spider (Nephila pilipes) is a species of spider it commonly called as Gaint wood spider . It can be found in Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Papua New Guinea, and Northern Australia. It is commonly found in primary and secondary forests and gardens. Females are large and grow to a body size of 30-50 mm, with males growing to 5–6 mm.
The Golden Web Spiders web is vertical with a fine irregular mesh and not symmetrical, with the hub is usually nearer the top. Rather than egg sacks being hung in the web, a pit is dug which is then covered with plant debris or soil.
The first, second and fourth pairs of legs of juvenile females have dense hairy brushes, but as the spider matures these brushes disappear…

The Spotted deer





The Spotted deer is also known as chital deer, spotted deer is commonly inhabits wooded regions of Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and India. They are found in small numbers in Pakistan as well. It is the most common deer species in Indian forests. Its coat is reddish fawn, marked with white spots, and its underparts are white. Its antlers, which it sheds annually, are usually three-pronged and curve in a lyre shape and may extend to 2.5 ft. It stands about 3 ft tall at the shoulder and masses about 85 kg. It's lifespan is around 20–30 years...

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The Grass Demon



The Grass Demon is a prominent small species of butterfly found in India from the family Hesperiidae ( skippers),It is regarded as an occasional pest of ginger and turmeric...

Hottentotta Tamulus


Hottentotta tamulus,the Indian red scorpion is from family Buthidae , It occurs in most of India, eastern Pakistan and the eastern lowlands of Nepal. This is rated the very venomus scorpion species in the world, fatality rates of upto 40% have been reported in clinical studies, most victims are children,Symptoms of envenomation by this scorpion include, severe local pain,vomiting,sweating,priapism,cyanosis,unconciousness,muscular convulsions,breathlessness,pink froathy sputum, cardiac dysrythmi,tachycardia or bradycardia,hypotension or hypertension,acute myocarditis,shock...

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Signature Spider




The Signature spider is from family Araneidae ,these spiders construct vertical webs in shrubby plants and decorate their webs with stabilimenta.They usually rest in a head down position on the web.As one approaches the web they hold their position until the last moment before slipping round in a flash to hide on the other side of the stabilimentum. Argiope is spread across tropics to temperate regions...

The Common Jezebel


The Common Jezeble is a medium sized species from the family pieridae butterfly found in many areas Asia, especially in the non-arid region of India, Sri Lanka,Myanmar and Thailand. The Common Jezebel is one of the most common species in genus Delias...

Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Golden jackal




This is medium sized species of canid which inhabits north and north-eatern Africa, south-eastern and central Europe (up to Austria and Hungary),Asia minor, the Middle East and south east Asia. It is a highly adaptable species,being able to exploit different foodstuffs and live in numerous different habitats ,
The Golden Jackals are opportunistic feeders, being both predators and scavengers, and will readily eat refuse and vegetation during certain seasons.In the former Soviet Union, jackals mainly hunt hares,small rodents, pheasants,partridges,ducks,coots,moorhens and passerines,They usually eat lizards, snakes,frogs,insects,molluscs and fish...

The Sloth Bear

The Sloth Bear also known as the Labiated Bear is an arboreal,nocturnal and insectivorous species of bear restricted to the Indian subcontinent, This is aggressive mammal they may fight for food, Adult Sloth Bear travel in pairs, with the males being gentle with cubs.Sloth Bears are expert hunters of termites,The breeding season for Sloth Bears varies according to location ,in India they mate in April,May and June......

The Blue Pansy



The Blue Pansy ( junonia orithya) is from family Nymphalid Butterfly of South Asia which occurs in open areas, often sitting on bare ground. This species has a stiff flap and glide style of flight and maintains a territory driving away other butterflies that enter it.

The Danaid Eggfly (Male)


                     The Danaid Eggfly ( hypolimnas misippus) is from family Nymphalid butterfly, this is widespread species of butterfly.It is well known for polymorphism and mimicry that's why it also called mimic butterfly.Males are blackish with distinctive white spots that are fringed in blue. Females are in multiple forms that include male like forms while others appear like the toxic Danaus chrysippus and Danaus plexippus butterfles .They are found across Africa,Asia and Australia.