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 <img alt="imag35341" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-19367 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="19367" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"HTC Desire 816 dual sim","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1475090352","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.81","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.058823529411765","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="imag35341" data-recalc-dims="1" height="223" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_19365/IMAG35341.jpg" width="300"/>
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 Hello all foldscopers! Sometime ago I had plucked a decayed or diseased small leaf from a plant. I had completely forgotten about it but recently observed it under my foldscope.Turns out the various trails on the affected part of the leaf were by a leaf miner.
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 Here’s a comparison of the affected &amp; non-affected part of the leaf.
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 <img alt="The affected part." class="size-medium wp-image-19372 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="19372" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="picsart_10-02-09-02-421" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_19365/PicsArt_10-02-09.02.421.jpg" width="300"/>
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  The affected part.(The brown trails are the areas eaten by the miner.)
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 <img alt="The non-affected area.(Since the leaf was on the verge of drying there are brown patches in it.)" class="size-medium wp-image-19373 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="19373" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="picsart_10-02-09-03-561" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_19365/PicsArt_10-02-09.03.561.jpg" width="300"/>
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  The non-affected area.(Since the leaf was on the verge of drying there are brown patches in it.)
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 Because of the delaying i couldn’t find any larva or insect on it. So I’m unknown of what kind of leaf miner had caused this damage on the leaf. Please guide me through this.
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 Here’s also a video of the various trails I had seen.
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 And happy foldscoping!
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An Unknown Leaf Miner

Nishtha Pange

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