Good morning Didi... downloaded the pdf file featuring excellent macro too!
Regards, surajit On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:50 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 > =========== > >
