Urban Nature-Greenery amongst one of the busiest cities in the World,Kolkata

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A Warning Sign to Humanity

Hello Everyone! It’s been sometime since we put up our post in the blog and we came back with an absolutely new type of post! This post, as the title suggests is based on Urban Nature. With pollution and global warming on the rise, nature is at stake. Well for that let me dedicate the first photo to Northern White Rhinoceros which can be deemed extinct as only two female rhinoceros living in captivity.
Photo courtesy: Wikipedia

So let’s focus on the post. I have been roaming around Kolkata to get some photos of urban nature.

Here are some of the photos of wilderness given below:

Graphic Flutterer or Banded Flutterer(Rhyothemis graphiptera)




The banded beauty-The Graphic Flutterer


The graphic flutterer or the banded flutterer is a beauty inhabiting ponds, swamps, lakes and lagoons. This one lost its way and got stuck around my backyard. I was lucky to capture it with my lens that too in my backyard.




Lost in the journey- Finding its way to the swamp




Blue Banded Bee(Amegilla cingulata)





Blue banded bloom seeker-Not your common honey bee




The Australian Native to our common honey bee is also known as blue banded bee. I have been particularly lucky to have found this species around my backyard. I was checking my lens for dust spots when I found this species, particularly hard to find out with naked eyes, I was able to manoeuvre my camera to get a perfect shot of this bee. These busy bees are always in motion and make a slight sound due to their fast motion of the wings.


Nectar search going on- Blue banded bee



Successful quest-Blue banded bee finally finds a flower 




 Brown marmorated stink bug(Halyomorpha halys)


Colony of bugs- Brown marmorated stink bug seeks out in search of food

This Chinese and Japanese native is considered an agricultural pest. It can easily colonise an entire tree or agricultural land and feed on it. I captured this bug on the tree and while doing so my camera was able to face detect an entire family of them living on the leaves.



Posing against the threat-Stink Bug


Green Stink Bug(Chinavia hilaris)



Ready for battlefield-The green soldier
Well I managed to capture a family of stink bugs as I said earlier. So, this is another type of those stink bugs also known as Green Soldier Bugs. I was careful not to disturb this particular species of stink bugs as they are known to release an extremely foul smelling liquid. 



Breaking through barriers- The green soldier

Arctiini (Erbid moths)


The Loner- Moth species



Seen and heard about tigers? Well add the word ‘moth’ to it and now think where you have seen that type of animals? Well, don’t worry about visiting a zoo; it’s there around you in your urban area. I found it while I was in a stroll around a particularly green belt in the city.

Artiini or Erbid moths are a tribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.




Jumping Spider(Hyllus sp)


Deadly look from the Son of Heracles

This Jumping specialist is given name after Hyllus, the son of Heracles and Deianira in Greek mythology. Common among household and terrorising common people with its famous jump, I managed to capture the deadly look from this spider while it was on its hunting trip. It can perfectly camouflage itself among bricks and moss and algae.

Ready for the jump-Hyllus sp


Well, let's now move into the next section of the photo blog where I showcased the street shoots around Kolkata.

Have you ever seen such a serene sunset? I was only walking back home after a tired working day when i gazed the sun through the trees and I found out this.

"A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn" -Claude Debussy


I was walking down Red Road, the camera hanging down my hand when I suddenly gazed upon a spot which resembles a gateway. Moments later I was looking at this photograph in my camera viewfinder.

The gateway of nature-Maidan Grounds



I visited the Paradise Garden Park last weekend. Wait you have never heard about this place? Don’t you worry; I will introduce you to the place soon. Here’s some photo from the place. See if you can guess!

The paradise park



Bridge to the heaven
Sometime you zero your lens to find a great shot. This is one such shot captured on Red Road.


While one born speedster looks at wannabe speedsters



Unknown Spots


Have you enjoyed seeing all the photos? Here are some unknown spots around the city. Try naming these for our viewers.



Disguised beauty- Hidden from the danger



The tales of the Household Artist


Catch you with even more upcoming albums. Stay tuned!

Photography: Riddhisattwa Bhattacharya
Content: Riddhisattwa Bhattacharya
Scientific Content: Rituparna Banerjee
Camera: Canon EOS 600D
Lens: Canon 55-250mm lens,Canon 18-55 mm lens
Locations: Kolkata






Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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