LEOPARD LACE WING UNDER STRESS ( AN OBSERVATION )

[Bimal Sar kar]

I was following the life cycle of Leopard Lacewing since 2003. I was easy as two important host plant species for this beautiful butterfly are present in our garden. These are Passiflora caerulea and Passiflora holosericea. Every year I used two record life cycle of this butterfly twice a year.Last time I recorded it was in 2016. After that year i have not seen this event, even though the hosts are there.

The following changes took place in the area around. In the name of development hundreds of trees of different species have vanished from the area where there were grass cover have turned into exposed earth or cover with tarmac .These changes have affected at least one species of butterfly ( Leopard Lacewing ).  Such a beautiful species which allowed me to take thousands of images of different stages of life cycle.

Dr Usha Desai told me to put this observation on record. Attaching few images of the host plants and stages of life cycle of Leopard Lace wing.

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Bimal ji, for the superb presentation.

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With regards,
J.M.Garg

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[Ushadi Micromini]

Bimal da

wonderful

inspiring

i wish we all could do it

this is citizen scientist at the best 

i salute you

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lets send it to as many people as i can think of to get conversation going

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ecologically this following sentence in your note is noteworthy

when you told me thisI  was stunned

i quote "Last time I recorded it was in 2016. After that year i have not seen this event, even though the hosts are there."

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thats why i hoped you will document this

put it out in the universe

ecologists must make a note of it 

and work to find solutions 

if the insects not survive, humans will not either.

usha di

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[J.M. Garg]

Passiflora 'Soi Fah' as per images and references herein.

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Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 08:42
Subject: LEOPARD LACE WING UNDER STRESS ( AN OBSERVATION )
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With regards,
J.M.Garg

'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna'

Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia. 

For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or Efloraofindia website (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than 1,70,000 images are directly displayed).

[J.M. Garg]

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With regards,
J. M. Garg

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From: Bimal Sar kar <bima...@gmail.com>

Date: Fri 31 May, 2019, 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: LEOPARD LACE WING UNDER STRESS ( AN OBSERVATION )
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

Thank you Garg ji

Regards,