I believe using oils, or creams like odomos, etc. ward off mosquitoes / insects, and do not act as local anesthetic agents. In my experience, these do not protect for long, because they wear off due to our sweating / rain / etc. They need to be applied several times. Regards. Dinesh
On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 5:06 AM Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all Need some *non botany wisdom* hence you are all in the address > sorry to bother you > but it would help if those of you who > routinely go out to photograph in all kinds of terrains and climates > may have collected wisdom > > Aarti, Yes I sympathize > that's usually my fear for going to gardens this time of the year > but that's hen many tropical plants flower > we have lots of mosquitoes and > chikungunya and malaria and dengue > some encephalitis in the Ganges delta > and Japanese encephalitis and some other stuff in Northeast USA esp NY > > I try to use ODOMOS > i wonder if it prevents mosquitoes from landing on the body and clothes > or if it only prevents itching? > like a local anesthetic > No body seems to know > not even dermatologists i spoke with here > > Spraying clothes with DEETS in NY seems to work up to a point > American CDC provides instructions > https://www.cdc.gov/zika/prevention/prevent-mosquito-bites.html > > Wonder if Dinesh and Gargji or all those intrepicd souls would have > some wisdom to share > I will add them in recipient here and see > Usha di > =========== > > > On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 9:20 PM Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Usha Di, >> No I did not pick it up. >> Post rains, there was a lot of grass growing everywhere and lots of >> mosquitoes. >> I just had a quick round and came out. >> It was not very comfortable. >> Regards, >> Aarti >> >> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 7:28 PM Ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> great >>> green flower >>> they can have red, violetish or even pink coloration or streaks >>> >>> did you pick it up try to look inside, ie opened it? >>> >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >>> >>> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 1:51 PM Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Usha Di, >>>> There were no flowers on the tree when I clicked the above pictures. >>>> But last year in August, I had seen a fallen flower at the same >>>> location. >>>> Adding it. >>>> Regards, >>>> Aarti >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 10:03 AM Ushadi Micromini < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> these are leaves of C. cujete >>>>> i just took some more pictures yesterday of the tree i showed earlier >>>>> earlier submission was: in 2010: >>>>> >>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Crescentia%7Csort:date/indiantreepix/wFTHUuNhHLg/BPRK7GOQJM4J >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> newer pictures will take a week or more to process >>>>> i will submit them then >>>>> >>>>> AArti, any flowers on this tree yet? >>>>> >>>>> Usha di >>>>> =========== >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 9:27 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Pl. check with images at >>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/b/bignoniaceae/crescentia/crescentia-cujete >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> With regards, >>>>>> J. M. Garg >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun 5 May, 2019, 9:03 PM Aarti S. Khale, <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Garg Ji, >>>>>>> This is one more Crescentia Species I had seen in Nasik. >>>>>>> Planted in a cultivated garden. >>>>>>> Aarti >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
