Lepidoptera wing scale damage from human-handling
Jan 17, 2018 • 4:39 PM UTC
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ezekieljakub
I am the Director Executivo de Conservación Panamá Inc. I am an Ornithologist by training and a Conservation researcher. The foldscope project we have is to bring science to the communities we work in! We are an Estadounidenses/Panameña ONG focused on conservation research, proyectos, y educación ambiental. www.conservacionpanamaca.org ezekieljakub@conservacionpanamaca.org
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An experiment: We used a roadkill specimen found during our field research here in Panama to show the level of damage a light finger touch to a butterfly wing can cause thus affecting survivability by reduced flight capabilities.
We lightly touched this small section of upperwing with a finger and here you can see the disastrous results.
We use a strictly hands off approach when studying butterflies unless it’ absolutely necessary to handle them. This an illustration why such effort is worth it!
We lightly touched this small section of upperwing with a finger and here you can see the disastrous results.
We use a strictly hands off approach when studying butterflies unless it’ absolutely necessary to handle them. This an illustration why such effort is worth it!
Damage: scale displacement, removal of scale surfaces and whole scale removal
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