Delhi seems to be suffering a plague of small insects at the moment. Small leaf hoppers that are attracted to electric light in their millions, if not billions. Every morning we see shopkeepers brushing out the dead ones and we can't have our hotel room lights on and the windows open at the same time as they are suddenly all over the place.
It seems the sprays that have been used to control them in the paddy fields of the Ganges Plain
are no longer effective and there has been a population explosion. The good thing is that unlike mosquitos they don't bite.
http://timesofindia....3,prtpage-1.cms
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Mutant Insects Over Delhi
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, Nov 01 2008 05:07 PM
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AlanD
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Posted 01 November 2008 - 05:07 PM
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Posted 02 November 2008 - 12:47 AM
AlanD, on Nov 1 2008, 05:07 PM, said:
The good thing is that unlike mosquitos they don't bite.
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Posted 02 November 2008 - 07:19 PM
They were very active in Chittagong last week, as well. Have only seen a few in Dhaka, and they are not being a nuisance ... except for the one that flew into my eye!
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