If you are a vehicle driver, you would know how infuriating it is when someone abruptly steps onto the road and decides to cross the street at undesignated locations, putting you and many other vehicles at risk. This is popularly called jaywalking! As a pedestrian, we all wish that we could fly and cross over, instead of having to either wait endlessly or wade through the traffic. So thumbs down to humans, as the fluttering butterflies in our cities do exactly that!'

It is common to sight butterflies in Mumbai. The commonest and most universal among them all is the restless and bright green-coloured Tailed Jay. This butterfly is literally an open challenge to amateur photographers, as their general speed and preference for the higher canopy, makes them tough to capture. However, if you have trees such as the false Ashoka (Asupalav), Custard Apples (Sitaphal and Ramphal), Champa (Michelia champaca) or nectar-bearing flowering plants such as Hibiscus, Jamaican Spike, Lantana or Ixora, you may be lucky to see the adults, eggs, caterpillars and pupae of the tailed jay, right in your building.