Juicy breakfast today - Golden Oriole

Looking for food

 

  

AHA what do we have here

AHA a nice juicy one

 Got it 

Film Frenzy and me

 

Great news for people of Kolkata( the venue of the film fest )

Metro 2 more lines are starting, which will make commuting easier

 

 

Shankha

And Empty nest, two of our films has made it to Film Frenzy final round,

Here is me at the screening 

 

 

Congrats Shivangi and Vyas

 

A dear friends family welcomes a lovely baby girl, so happy for her and her daughter-in-law n son, happened on 9^th Rakhee purnima day, an very auspicious day

© Rajat Ghosh, stock footage / pictures available for licensing   

EMPTY NEST makes it to its 2nd film festival, do join us for the screening 18-21st aug

 DO come for the screening of the film in Kolkata,

 

 The stars of the show 

AUgust street 2025

 AM CrPF jawan on a foggy morning at Dalma

Kids doign what they do best , play on guys

 AN gentelman who sleeps on the street of jamshedpur

Bottle green fly at play today

Bottle Green fly (Lucilia sericata) is a blowfly found in most areas of the world and is the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species. Its body is 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) in length – slightly larger than a house fly

and has brilliant, metallic, blue-green or golden coloration with black markings. It has short, sparse, black bristles (setae) and three cross-grooves on the thorax. The wings are clear with light brown veins, and the legs and antennae are black. Lucilia sericata is common all over the temperate and tropical regions of the planet, including Europe, Africa, and Australia. It prefers warm and moist climates, so is especially common in coastal regions, The female lays her eggs in carrion of all kinds, sometimes in the skin or hair of live animals, causing myiasis. The larvae feed on decaying organic tissue.

The defining characteristic of L. sericata and the one most used when identifying the adult fly is the presence of three bristles on the dorsal mesothorax, located on the middle of the back of the fly

 

While unsightly and a nuisance, the green bottle fly is also a potential threat to human health since these pests transmit diseases like dysentery and salmonellosis through food contamination. Symptoms can range from mild cramps to severe diarrhea, vomiting, headache, weakness and fever.

is a crucial player in the process of pollination. Their efficiency, adaptability, and collaboration with certain plant species make them contributors to the health and sustainability of ecosystems.

© Rajat Ghosh, stock footage / pictures available for licensing      

 

Bee's and dragon fly this week

 

All are at work, be it bees or ants, every one of them busy feeding as rains let up on this monsoon day

 

 

 

A housefly, they are mostly found around decaying food and human habitation, also called musca domestica.

 

 

 

 

Carpenter bee; black with shiny underside, females are capable of stinging, these get there name as they burrow into wood, hard wood, but are not dangerous,

https://youtu.be/zrq-4gYRrgc

 

click on the link for a video of the carpenterBee

 

 

 

A female dragon fly:

These dragonflies are often noticed due to their colors. Males are generally very brightly cultured, ranging from totally red in several species, to the rich blue; females tend to be dull brown or orange.  This is a female

Like most libellulids they tend to perch on sticks, reeds or stones near water, flying out to catch insects then returning to their perch.