.李鍾旻-手工雕葉 ( Sculpted Leaves)

是誰把葉子變成了鏤空的藝術品？原來是「長角長頸金花蟲」幼蟲的傑作。長角長頸金花蟲專門以菝葜屬植物為食，其早齡幼蟲有群聚的習性，牠們取食葉片時，往往將葉肉吃掉而留下較硬的葉脈。這株臺灣土茯苓的葉子，被一群幼蟲咬過後，就成了這副模樣。

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So who has been carving holes into the leaves and making it into their art piece?  Well the answer is the larva of the Lilioceris nigropectoralis. The Lilioceris nigropectoralis mainly feed on Smilax china plant species. Their larva are gregarious in behavior. While consuming leaves, they will eat the leaves but leave the hard stems.  This is what’s left of the Taiwan Smilacis glabrae rhizoma after being devoured by larvae.

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