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ceremony · flowers

Bengali woman also a committee member of the C.R. Park Mela Ground Durga Puja committee distributes marigold flowers along with belpatra (Aegle Marmelos leaves) for pushpanjali on Ashtami.

ceremony · flowers

Bengali woman also a committee member of the C.R. Park Mela Ground Durga Puja committee distributes marigold flowers along with belpatra (Aegle Marmelos leaves) for pushpanjali on Ashtami.

ceremony · festival

A family is filmed while offering Surya Puja to the sun on the occasion of Durga Puja at Katwaria Sarai, Delhi. The women of the family are seen offering fruits, flowers and water to the sun as part of the ritual during Durga Puja.

ceremony · flowers

Devotees begin preparing for a ritual of garlanding the idol of goddess Durga with flowers and leaves of Wood Apple. Diyas are lit and prasad or food for the god prepared while the priest can be heard chanting in the background.

flowers · ceremony

Clad in colourful Bengali sarees are seen around the symbolic portrait of goddess Durga offering flowers, money and their devotion for the goddess during the Durga Puja celebrations.

flowers · sport

Young boys of Delhi show off their football tricks and skills early one morning at Lodi Garden. Once you enter the Lodi Garden, you get to feel the history in its air only. Today it serves as one of the best jogger's park in Delhi.

flowers · forest

A White-spotted Flower Chafer (Protaetia alboguttata) feeding on a piece of ripe fruit or tender plant material on the ground. The beetle remains on the forest floor while using its mouthparts to consume the exposed plant tissue.

flowers · industry

This macro footage captures a fascinating Stink Bug, also known as a shield bug, from the family Pentatomidae, resting on a leaf of Lantana camara.

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A detailed macro view reveals the striking Red-striped Oil Beetle (Berberomeloe majalis) resting on a delicate flower bud. Its elongated, glossy black body is marked with bold red transverse stripes that serve as a warning to predators.

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This macro video captures a black ant moving delicately across a green flower bud, revealing the beauty of the tiny world up close.

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An unidentified species of Praying Mantis on a leaf in late summer in Delhi. The lower part of its body raised laying a trap dor gullible insects mistaking it for a flower.

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You definitely do not want these mini-monsters in your vegetable garden. Red and black stripes and they look cute but do not be fooled. Look at the leaves and the flower buds in alien shapes after these two sat on them.

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An unidentified species of Praying Mantis on a leaf in late summer in Delhi. The lower part of its body raised laying a trap dor gullible insects mistaking it for a flower.

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A pair of diurnal moth, Nine-spotted Moth (Amata Phegea) is filmed copulating on a small plant while a pair of Green Stink Bug sits on a Vinca flower petal busy procreating.

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A Garden Orb Weaver spider sits on a flower leaf unfazed by the singing wasp hovering around it. A white hairy caterpillar nibbling on the fresh shoots of a garden flower. A couple of Wandering Glider dragonfly perched on small dry twigs.

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A Blister Beetle is spotted in the plants outside our office in Delhi. Colourful and enticing but this beetle is a pest to crops and flowers. It also bites causing blisters on the skin and hence the name.

flowers · monsoon

Monsoon haven for wriggly-wigglies! Wriggly Millipedes feed and crawl in hundreds during the rains. Ever noticed a big swarm of millipedes in a garden? These are arthropods with multiple jointed legs.

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A pair of Blister Beetle is seen on a yellow Okra flower or ladies' finger flower in the act of making love. Both the sexes look similar in general overview.

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Imagine these beetles going through vegetable crops at this speed and efficiency! No wonder nobody likes pests in their gardens and on their plants. We caught a Blister Beetle having its way with a purple flower in our flower garden.

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In this clip, a Blister Beetle is camouflaged within a red Hibiscus or China Rose. On a closer look, the beetle looks like it is wiping itself down. The foreleg is seen going around its body and the back wings.

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A Blister Beetle (Hycleus) is eating its way towards the stalk of a purple flower. Notice the antennae and the furry legs. The red and black patterns on the back of the insect. It is commonly confused with a Checkered Beetle.

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A Blister Beetle (Hycleus) is eating its way towards the stalk of a purple flower. Notice the antennae and the furry legs. The red and black patterns on the back of the insect. It is commonly confused with a Checkered Beetle.

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Is this not a Red and black Carabid beetle? These are invasive pests that perhaps do not belong to India? A Checkered Beetle belonging to the family Cleridae is filmed munching on a fresh purple flower.