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Amata passalis
Curry leaf, is one of the main ingredient in most 'curries' in Kerala cuisine. There is one such curry leaf leaf tree in our garden too. But ,ever since it was a small sapling I have observed its leaves being eaten by caterpillars. Yesterday, I saw this 'wasp moth' couple, on a branch in the tree. After sometime, the male moth flew away and the female, climbed up the tree, into the shade of the very few leaves left. Today morning, I saw this group of small white eggs under a leaf [each egg, approx. 1mm in diameter.] I wanted to let the eggs stay there and see it emerge out into little caterpillars, but, if I let it happen, there won't be a tree for the next generation to lay its eggs on. My grandmothers, says that, in her childhood, there used to be at least one curry leaf tree in each home.Today,our tree happens to be the very few trees remaining in the neighborhood, so the pressure on it is also very high.
Spotted on Sep 2, 2013
Submitted on Sep 2, 2013
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11 Comments
I have done that Maria. Thank you once again.
Thanks for your efforts, namitha. I don't know why that happens. I can't remove you from the miss ion, but you could go to the mission and click leave this mission and perhaps that will work.
Hi Maria, I tried doing as you told several times, before. But each time I did it and clicked 'Save' it kept coming back. I don't know why it happened. That's when I asked you for help. I will start my own backyard mission soon. Thank you so much.
namitha - to remove a spotting from a mission, just edit your spotting and unclick the mission. I already did it but you can do that in future if you need to. do so. It would be cool to have your own backyard mission! Thanks again.
Yeah, you are right Jemma, the interesting fact is, I myself started noticing it very recently.
You seem to have a lot of activity in your garden!!
Thank you Maria. I was a bit worried, when I tried to remove it from your mission and couldn't. Yeah, you are right, the diversity we could find within the four walls of our home is quiet amazing. Thank you for the suggestion too, I will think about starting a mission on my own backyard biodiversity.
namitha - no need to apologize at all! I changed the name of my mission so that it is clearer - that was a valuable lesson for me. I will go in and take out your spottings from my mission. Perhaps you can start one for your own backyard so you have a record of what you have seen there? It's amazing how much we see at home! Thank you!
Hi Maira, I tried removing this and other spottings I added to your mission in ''Edit this spotting". But even after doing that, my spottings are still shown in your mission. What should I do, should I just leave your mission. Could you please suggest a way? . I am really sorry for the inconvenience caused.
I am really really sorry Maria. I didn't notice that. I will change it soon. Thank you so much for pointing out.
Hi namitha. Nice spotting. Could you please delete this and other spottings from the mission My yard, however, as this mission is for my own personal yard? You could start your own for your yard. Thanks