Photo Feature
Calm After The Storm
The dripping wet corpse of a damselfly makes for a stunning pattern, its paper-thin wings dotted with water droplets during a monsoon shower in Badlapur, 52 km. from Mumbai city. As the damselfly floated on the water surface, a minuscule springtail bug scuttled out of its head – and the photographer managed to capture the arthropod perched on the damselfly’s wing. A myriad species of dragonflies, damselflies, waterfowl and herpetofauna emerge during the rainy season, when wetlands are frequented by jackals and jungle cats attracted by the sudden abundance of prey in the form of breeding and nesting birds.
Photo: Aniket Thopate