i somehow missed it making hospital rounds then i guess the re-emerging leaves after the twig was eaten to the core is very encouraging.
thanks usha di On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great documentation as always > > Dr Satish Phadke > > On 11 April 2016 at 10:16, Prashant Awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Amazing observation... Thanks Bimal ji for sharing. >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 6:15 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Its interesting that Passiflora caerulea is not a native plant for India >>> but this butterfly is. I imagive what could have been its original diet >>> plant? >>> Thanks for sharing. >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, 9 April 2016 23:18:44 UTC+8, bimal.cob wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Friend, >>>> I am studying the life cycle of Leopard lace wing >>>> for almost 10 years. I have not seen so many butterflies coming out during >>>> November 2015 - March 2016 earlier. The host plant was taxed heavily to >>>> support so many larvae in such a short period. Gradually the plant lost its >>>> leaves to feed the ever hungry larvae. >>>> To my surprise I found that the larvae started feeding on the bark of >>>> the host plant. I have not seen such thing earlier. A situation arose when >>>> only the main trunk of the plant remain with some bark rest all were eaten >>>> by larvae. I thought the plant is lost for ever. But on 7-3 2016 I found >>>> new leaves coming out of the main trunk. >>>> It was a relief. >>>> This event is uploaded on a series of 12 images. >>>> Regards, >>>> Bimal >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
