I am very lucky to have grown up with a home garden.
My home garden was one of the first places that got me interested in the natural world.
I grew up around Hourglass treefrogs (Polypydates cruciger), Green garden lizards (Calotes calotes), and many other small but wonderful creatures.
Here are some of them.
Lepidopterans
Apefly (Spalgis epius)
Common Tiger Butterfly (Danaus genutia)
Lemon Migrant (Catopsilia pomona)
Common Jezebel (Delias eucharis)
Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
Common Crow Butterfly (Euploea core)
Parotis moth
Odonata
Scarlet Basker (Urothemis signata)
Agriocnemis pygmaea
Orange-tailed Marsh Dart (Ceriagrion cerinorubellum)
Orange-faced Sprite (Pseudagrion rubriceps)
Other insects
Stilt-legged Flies (Micropezidae)
Chrysomya
Lauxaniid Flies
Acalyptrate Flies
Ommatiini Robberfly
Microchrysa soldier fly
Syritta orientalis syrphid fly
Sargus
Tabaninae
Ogcodes small headed fly
Telostylinus Acalyptrate Flies
Asian Ant Mantis (Odontomantis planiceps)
Sri Lanka Weevil (Myllocerus undecimpustulatus)
Myrmeleontinae
Typical leaf hopper Cicadellidae
Chalcura deprivata
Spiders
Oxyopes macilentus
Oxyopes
Two of the spiders legs are missing in the first picture. The spider was able to regrow those legs in ~2 days!
Oxytate subvirens
Neoscona
Salticids
Plexippus
Colopsus
Phintelloides
Siler semiglaucus
Telamonia dimidiata
Salticid sp.
Frogs
Common Hourglass Tree Frog (Polypedates cruciger)
Sri Lanka Wood Frog (Hydrophylax gracilis)
Lizards
Calotes calotes
Calotes versicolor
Spotted House Gecko (Hemidactylus parvimaculatus)
Common Lanka Skink (Lankascincus fallax)
Birds
Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica)
Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Mammals
Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus)
