An excellent guide to Mosquito replelent is written by a medical entomologist from Australia. Its at
http://medent.usyd.edu.au/RepellentGuidelines.pdf Usha di On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:57 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you once again, Sir. > > Regards, > > surajit > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> Male mosquitoes live on nectar, fruit and plant juices, females >> generally on nectar and blood. They are able to do this with specialised >> mouth parts - an elongate piercing proboscis. [Male mosquitoes therefore >> have no need for a proboscis that can penetrate dead and hard barks of >> trees]. >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> --- On *Wed, 4/25/12, surajit koley <[email protected]>*wrote: >> >> >> From: surajit koley <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:114576] what this mosquito doing on grass? >> from Hooghly >> To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Pankaj Oudhia" <[email protected]>, "efloraofindia" < >> [email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 8:26 PM >> >> Good evening Neil Sir. >> >> I also read this in my zoology classes. But i didn't dare to ask our >> professors how do male mosquitoes insert their proboscis into dead & hard >> bark of trees when they cannot penetrate soft human skin! >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Neil Soares >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Male mosquitoes are purely vegetarian. Females are also largely >> vegetarian, but require a blood meal before egg laying. That's when they >> come into conflict with humans and transmit diseases. >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> > -- Usha di ===========
