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 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.
