Due to large number of online contributions I receive hundreds of mails daily, very difficult to manage. Gmail puts some useful mails automatically in junk mail. So I check junk mail box many times in a day. Every time I get useful mails there. So, I have two inbox, one original and other the junk box.
Thanks for your love and letter. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:02 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > One thing is pretty sure Pankaj Sir, these bugs are very tricky to ID, > only experts like you, Neil Ji or Ankita ji & Subhalaxmi ji of facebook can > ID those! > > But, i am sad to learn that my love letter to my dear Pankaj Sir went into > junk box *: ' - (* > > Regards, > > surajit > > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Link with my name!!!! I missed it, sorry. Just recovered it from junk >> mail. >> >> Neil ji is right. Here is my picture of Spittle bug on Tephrosia. >> >> http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdb&PdbID=47854 >> >> In my region cattle avoid to feed on foliage having spittle bug. If they >> consume it accidentally they stop eating anything up to 2 and half days. >> Thats why this disease is known as Adhai rog locally. >> >> Forwarding one more video of cicada for better identification. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EccZwF_f_Kg >> >> regards >> >> Pankaj Oudhia >> >> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Sorry for coming in late. Was at Phansad WLS over the weekend with >>> Pravin Kawale. These are not Cicadas but Spittle Bugs / Froghoppers. The >>> 'spittle' or 'cuckoo spit' is a frothy mass in which the froghopper larvae >>> live cocooned from predators and the elements [including the dessicating >>> effect of the sun] while feeding on plant juices. >>> With regards, >>> Neil Soares. >>> >>> --- On *Sat, 4/28/12, surajit koley <[email protected]>*wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: surajit koley <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:114975] Cicada on Erythrina : Thanks to Pankaj >>> Oudhia from Hooghly >>> To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012, 10:34 PM >>> >>> Sir, >>> >>> I shot these pictures in July, 2009, and frogot completely about it. >>> Many many thanks to Pankaj Sir for his comment in another eflora post - >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/e4PLq3ElbI0 >>> which >>> gave me the ID of these water spewing insect - >>> Cicada<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada>. >>> I take this opportunity to upload some more images in this post. >>> >>> I think the host tree is Indian Coral Tree. I don't have any flower pic >>> of this tree. "Cuttings" of this tree is used here, sometimes, to build >>> natural fence around ones property/land. Every year those cuttings are >>> pruned when they attain a height of about 10 feet or more. That's why i >>> have never seen any flower on them. >>> >>> I was drawn to these trees because i noticed the peculiar water shedding >>> phenomenon that have been discussed in the Ganesh Ji's post - >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/e4PLq3ElbI0 >>> . >>> >>> Species : 1) *Erythrina* sp. 2) Cicada insect 3) *Polistes* *olivaceus*wasp >>> Habit & Habitat : cuttings from tree, roadside fencing >>> Date : 09-07-2009 & 12-07-2009 >>> Place : Nalikul (Hooghly), WB >>> >>> Thank you & Regards, >>> >>> Surajit Koley >>> >>> >>> >> >
