වල් කොල්ලු (Cajanus scarabaeoides [Syn: Atylosia scarabaeoides])

 An indigenous twining vine common in lowlands of both wet and dry zones. Flowering probably throughout the year, though most reports are from November to March. 

Sri Lanka Green Pigeon/ශ්‍රී ලංකා බටගොයා/පිට දම් බටගොයා (Treron pompadora)

 Rather common endemic bird lives in forests and well wooded cultivations and home gardens from lowlands to lower hills, while local and uncommon up to mid hills. It lives as small or large flocks and sometimes as pairs. Sri Lanka Green Pigeon feeds mainly on fruits and fruiting tree may attracts the birds from miles around. The breeding season is from December to June and and sometimes also from August to September. The nest is a nearly flat platform of small twigs placed in a small bushy tree, where it lays two eggs and both sexes incubate them. 

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පඳුරු හම්බුකුරුල්ලා/බලයිත්ගේ පන් රැවියා (Acrocephalus dumetorum)

දිවයින පුරාම පාහේ ගෙවතු, පන් ගාල්, ගොවි බිම් සහ ලඳු කැලෑ වලට පැමිණෙන සංචාරක පක්ෂියෙකි. වසරේ ඔක්තෝබර්-නොවැම්බර් මාස වලදී මෙරටට පැමිණෙන මෙම පක්ෂියා ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් කෘමීන් ආහාර කරගන්නා අතර පඳුරු සහ ගස් අතු අතර සැරිසරමින් කෘමීන් ගොදුරු කරගනී. රාත්‍රී කාලයේදී ඝනව වැවුණු පඳුරක් තුල හෝ වගුරු බිමක ඇති පන් ගාලක නවාතැන් ගන්නා මෙම පක්ෂියා අප්‍රියෙල්- මැයි මාස වලදී නැවත සිය නිජභූමිය වූ නැගෙනහිර යුරෝපය සහ උතුරු ආසියාව කරා ගොස් අභිජනන ක්‍රියාවලියේ නිරත වේ. 

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Vanilla/වැනිලා (Vanilla planifolia [Syn: Vanilla fragrans])

 An introduced liana native to South America. Cultivated for fermented pods which contains vanilla of commerce. The flowers need to be pollinated by hand since the pollinating bee species are not found outside of South America.

Fiery Emperor (Anax immaculifrons)

 An uncommon dragonfly occurs mainly in the hill country streams with pools as well as the tanks and lakes. But it can be found in low country wet zone and intermediate zones too. Rather common from March to May and August to October. When ovipositing female of this dragonfly insert her eggs into under water plant materials, while male hovering or flying close to her, sometimes also fighting with other rival males. 

White Banded Awl (Hasora taminatus taminatus)

Rather uncommon* butterfly flies all the year round in dry and intermediate zone forests, mainly in the southeastern part of the country. The larva of White Banded Awl feeds on the leaves of Derris scandens and Derris parviflora. 

* However W. Ormiston wrote in 1924 "They suddenly appears in great numbers, generally during the north-east monsoon, and I am of opinion that they "flight." In October, 1916, I noticed great flights of large Hesperiidae on several evenings just before dark, all going south....Both [White Banded Awl & Common Banded Awl] are extremely plentiful all over Uva, up to the highest elevations, and I have specimens ..from Kandy and Deniyaya"

And L.G.O. Woodhouse noted in 1949 " Both species [White Banded Awl & Common Banded Awl] fly together; they suddenly appears in numbers generally during the north-east monsoon (October-December) and appears to be "flighting'...but can be taken in most months of the year, all over the island, particularly in the wet and hill zones, being comparatively scarcer in the low-country dry zone"

 

Gymnostachyum ceylanicum

An indigenous herb common under shade in intermediate zone forests, often in rocky grounds. Flowering from March to August.