This is a dead leaf
It has this vibrant green island on it, that part is kept alive by the larvae of leaf mining insects, and even though its long fallen off the tree it’s still photosynthesising 1/🧵
📸images @mike_shurmer
Source simonleather.wordpress.com
It has this vibrant green island on it, that part is kept alive by the larvae of leaf mining insects, and even though its long fallen off the tree it’s still photosynthesising 1/🧵
📸images @mike_shurmer
Source simonleather.wordpress.com
2/🧵
Their mother laid eggs within the leaf’s layers. They can’t leave and depend on it for food and shelter
by keeping bits of dead leaves alive in autumn, they increase their window of reproduction into seasons where food is scarce
Their mother laid eggs within the leaf’s layers. They can’t leave and depend on it for food and shelter
by keeping bits of dead leaves alive in autumn, they increase their window of reproduction into seasons where food is scarce
Loading suggestions...