Hi, Had posted this attachment on the 'birdsofbombay' website. It may help. With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Sun, 8/15/10, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: From: Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:44449] Elephant Apple tree in the rain forest To: "Vijayasankar" <[email protected]> Cc: "raghu ananth" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 9:43 PM Hello friends, I do not use any leech guard, we just get bitten, they suck and drop by themselves. It bleeds for some time and then stops. We have plenty of them now, it will increase during the north east monsoon. If you try to stop the bleeding, some irritation on the spot occurs which can last for a few months. Not harmful in any way. It bleeds as long as the sputum remains in the wound and then stops by itself. However, tobacco juice is a very safe way of preventing the leeches from climbing on to your limbs. Regards Yazdy. On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Raghu ji, > > What kind of leech guard do you use? > > We used to spray dettol as leech repellant over the white foot-sac > (knee-size spl socks). This works good in keeping leeches away. But we have > to keep spraying dettol at some time intervals. > > Just wanted to know if any other methods are in use. > With regards > > Vijayasankar > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 10:21 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Elephant Apple tree in the rain forest >> white flowers, green fruits, height of the tree 50 - 60 feet, >> ( Leeches are everywhere in the wet forest floor under this tree. They >> easily detect our presence and seen fast approaching towards us. Leech guard >> is a must.) >> Jaipur (Assam) >> 18 Jul 2010 >> Regards >> Raghu >> > >
Biting Pest Repellents.doc
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