Camouflage expert - a Common Baron caterpillar
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Patient vigil - a White-throated Kingfisher awaits the exact moment
to swoop for its prey
Photograph courtesy Adesh Shivkar.

Poised to swoop - one of Rani Bagh's many resident Night Herons
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Meeting and mating grounds - a pair of Common Emigrants
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge.

A Spittle Bugs' nest - frothy protection for the young nymphs
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Valuable pollinator - the dark and handsome Carpenter Bee
takes its fill from a Rui flower
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Vigilant and wise - a Spotted Owlet's yellow-ringed gaze
Photograph courtesy Katie Bagli

Cluster housing - strength in numbers with privacy to boot
- a Paper Wasps' nest
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Pure white predator - an Egret in action
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Perfection in black and white - a Common Pierrot (one of the Blues)
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Safe in its own little paradise - a White-breasted Waterhen among
the reeds and sedges of the Japanese Garden
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Master of camouflage - a Garden Lizard makes a meal
of its hapless prey - a Carpenter Bee
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge