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Episodes of Lake Marathon 02: Karanji Lake

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 Hi viewers, welcome to the second episode of Lake marathon! This time, I am here in Karanji Lake. This lake is a tourist spot and could be added to your bucket list when you are here in Mysore. So let me give the brief note on the Lake marathon in Karanji lake.  Karanji lake is another biodiversity rich lakes of Mysore. It is one of the oldest, largest and popular lake of Mysore. When I visited I could see a large part of the lake being occupied by Eichhornia plants.   Karanji Lake, Mysuru Insecta: As I walked through the park of Karanji, I could see many pretty butterflies flying across. Common tiger, pansy butterfly etc., were spotted. There is a butterfly garden inside the park and for some reason it was close when I had visited. Then my eyes fell on this cute little green damsel fly.  Damsel fly  A chocolate pansy was resting on the leaf with its wings fully spread. What a beautiful sight it was! Junonia iphita (Chocolate pansy) Wasp species  This is the interesting phenomenon I