Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalTSherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

This fly had visited our terrace light.

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

0 1 Crane Fly

Crane Fly

by cynspiration Sikkim, India

5 4 Soldier Fly

Soldier Fly

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

Marshy grass land. Warm place.

1 6 Day flying moth

Day flying moth

by dipanshu.mitraGangtok, Sikkim, India

Lower himalayan forests in Sikkim India

0 1 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

5mm blue fly.

1 4 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

0 1 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

0 2 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

spotted today it's just warming up in the morning sun.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

These brown fliers were spotted at Yumthang, North

1 1 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

While I was busy making photos of high altitude (13,000ft) flowers, this

1 0 Wild Black Fly

Wild Black Fly

by MahabaleshwaraBGangtok, Sikkim, India

A Black wild Fly

0 0 Corresponding Blood Vein

Corresponding Blood Vein

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

Posted this because, I found it flying ...

0 1 chamera (bat)

chamera (bat)

by AnupAcharyaSikkim, India

it is nocturnal mammal that can fly like a ...

2 2 Blue Tit

Blue Tit

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

the butterfly was travelling on a flying ...

3 2 Marbled White Moth

Marbled White Moth

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

I didn't know this was a moth, and initially took it for a butterfly as it was ...

5 0 Yellow Jezebel

Yellow Jezebel

by DrNamgyalTSherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

This butterfly was repeatedly flying away ...

3 4 Common Bush Brown

Common Bush Brown

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

flying objects. Among some grey, low level ...

1 1 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

Size of a lady's little finger nail, very finicky beautiful blue

3 0 Colourful fly

Colourful fly

by MahabaleshwaraBGangtok, Sikkim, India

A fly with striped coloured body and ...

2 0 Spider With Prey

Spider With Prey

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

Lots of these flying ants had gathered at ...

3 2 Common Palm Fly

Common Palm Fly

by DrNamgyalT.Sherpa

Spotted at a road side where a small stream crossed it making it quite wet. The ...

28 24 Pyralid Snout Moth

Pyralid Snout Moth

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

hooks. It flies like any other moth! It ...

5 9 Indian Tortoiseshell

Indian Tortoiseshell

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

quite difficult to photograph as it kept on

6 2 Snout Tiger

Snout Tiger

by DrNamgyalTSherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

This is a relatively large moth, extremely shy and

0 0 Ornate flying snake

Ornate flying snake

by ranbir.gurkhaGangtok, Sikkim, India

Small, thin snake with black, red and white stripes. This specimen was quite ...

4 3 Common Lime Butterfly, Checkered Swallowtail

Common Lime Butterfly, Checkered Swallowtail

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

tired, came flying and just sat on a ...

3 0 Pied Footmen Moth

Pied Footmen Moth

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaWest Bengal, India

On that hot day there was a sudden drizzle and I saw this moth

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaSikkim, India

I also spotted many of these moths almost hopping from place to place - hopping ...

6 2 Himalyan Blue Imperial

Himalyan Blue Imperial

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaSikkim, India

a lunch - before it quickly flying away I ...

1 0 Grey Bushchat (female)

Grey Bushchat (female)

by SukanyaDattaGangtok, Sikkim, India

Smallish bird; chin, chest and belly is a dirty white. Back is largely grey. ...

16 13 Leaf Katydid

Leaf Katydid

by DrNamgyalTSherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

Looks like katydid. It is green and veined like leaf - like a bay leaf. Has a ...

0 0 Blue bottle fly

Blue bottle fly

by VarunGiriGangtok, Sikkim, India

themselves against other flies.

1 0 Crane Fly

Crane Fly

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

The adult crane fly has a slender body and ...

3 3 The Banded Blue Pierrot

The Banded Blue Pierrot

by VincentVanurKerala, India

The butterfly flies rapidly, close to the ...

12 9 Himalayan Flying Squirrel

Himalayan Flying Squirrel

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

Flying Squirrels are a tribe of 44 species ...

8 8 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaSikkim, India

: 25mm. Scale of the size can be guessed by comparing the

16 4 Geometrid Moth

Geometrid Moth

by SukanyaDattaGangtok, Sikkim, India

Exquisitely patterned. I cannot describe the shades and hues. Beyond me...still ...

3 2 Common Jezebel

Common Jezebel

by TsangSikkim, India

The common Jezebel is one of the most common of the approximately 225 described ...

1 1 Common Nawab

Common Nawab

by IrungbamJatishworSinghThimphu, Bhutan

Synonyms: Polyura samatha Moore, [1879]

1 3 Spotting

Spotting

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

This restless wasp was spotted on a warm evening hovering around my veranda ...

3 1 Common nawab

Common nawab

by Kannan2Sankuru, Congo (Kinshasa)

Polyura athamas, the common nawab, is a species of fast-

2 0 Large Silverstripe

Large Silverstripe

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaSikkim, India

butterflies get carried by wind or come

3 2 Golden Tortoise Beetle

Golden Tortoise Beetle

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaSikkim, India

Very conspicuous by its dazzling colours - golden and sparkling, especially ...

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team