ID10102019SH3 : 15 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2) What is this structure seen on leaves (of Leea ?). Location – Sirsi (North Karnataka) Date – September 2019 Gall ? I too am interested to know what this persistent structure is. I have always been thinking it to be some kind of sheath/ leaf bud/ stipule. how about a leafhopper insect, before it has unfurled its wings, and that’s why we are not seeing the veins on the wings? Thanks … I too thought it to be some external growth like Gall … …, You mean to say the structure itself being an insect before the formation of a gall ? I don’t think so. Because i observed it closely and keenly and didn’t find any movement. Saw this structure on many leaves on our way to a waterfall. That reminds me of very beautiful and colorful galls I had seen in Yeoor Forest (SGNP) few years back. Enclosing two photos of the same. yes these are galls without any doubts. the other idea about insect was just that an idea. also an unknown entity raises a lot of questions. there are so many thing on this earth that we know almost nothing about. I perhaps would have taken another twig and tried to wake up the “insect”. I don know. there has be a reason why that structure was green and almost camouflaged? lets think about it and keep looking You are right … Nature throws so many surprises which we ignore at times. I should have been more thoughtful. live and learn. I do. my parents did and their parents… and ad infinatum I think … is right. It is Sheath (The base of a leaf or leafstalk (petiole) which encases the stem) as per Biotik & Leea indica & Leea asiatica I think its a butterfly pupa if its that abundant. take a few of 8 or 10 inch twig with the pupa home. let it hang in a comfortable palce at least 21 days and see what transpires. every citizen scientist can do that. ask … for advice. in usa I have seen similar colored pupa of monarch butterflies, I even nurtured some. they change colors, fade as it gets closer to maturing. Unfortunately it’s not possible now as I am back from Sirsi to Mumbai. Next time If I come across such structure, I”ll surely try studying but I too feel it’s some extension of a leaf or a twig. good. just something to remember when we run into these kind a objects No. it is not. It is a Sheath (The base of a leaf or leafstalk (petiole) which encases the stem) as per Biotik & Leea indica & Leea asiatica Pl. see the details at the given links. I too agree … I looked at those three links. yes it does look like its a protective sheath for the next branch to come. thank you. live and learn, as I say
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Leea species- Sirsi, North Karnataka
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