Please keep distance with Paper wasp. Neil ji, can tell about second one, I hope.
regards Pankaj Oudhia On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 9:13 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you very much Pankaj Sir for the ID of those very special insects. > It was a long pending puzzle to me. I learn from your note to Madhuri Ji > that those insects are called cicada, will have to search and read more > about them. > > However the wasp is Yellow-Oriental-Paper-Wasp (Polistes olivaceus) as > have been indicated by you. I have another one at - > http://surajitkoley.blogspot.in/2010/08/wasp-n-hornet.html > > Thank you very very much once again. > > Regards, > > surajit > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Madhuri ji, the wasp in Surajit ji's picture looks like Paper wasp >> Polistes sp.. >> >> During hot summer when I walk in forest I feel shower of water drops. >> These drops are not specific to any tree species. This shower is due to >> forest cicada. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nRiXADag74 >> >> [In Traditional Healing, the Healers having expertise in Entomotherapy >> and Entomophagy use it with different herbs as medicine.] >> >> You can feel falling water drops in shade of Shorea robusta trees >> specially during summer. Shorea is one of the trees used in Traditional >> Tree Shade Therapy of India. [Google results for Tree Shade Therapy- >> https://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=%22tree+shade+therapy%22+pankaj+oudhia&oq=%22tree+shade+therapy%22+pankaj+oudhia&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=serp.3...340895.349171.0.349537.34.34.0.0.0.0.378.4281.9j24j0j1.34.0.RSk0eidbGG8 >> ) >> >> regards >> >> Pankaj Oudhia >> >>
