Rare species of cuckoo wasp spotted in State
The Hindu
Maiden spotting of Chrysidea falsa in the country
A rare species of cuckoo wasp has been spotted in the county for the first time, from two sacred groves in Kasaragod district and from Vadakara in Kozhikode district.
Researchers of the Shadpada Entomology Research Lab (SERL), Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, have reported spotting ‘Chrysidea falsa’ from the sacred groves of Koyithatta Sree Dharmashastha Kavu and Edayilakkad in Kasaragod and from Vadakara in Kozhikode.
Aswathi P.G., research scholar, and Bijoy C., assistant professor and Research Supervisor of the SERL, are behind the discovery. The study has been published in the latest issue of the international journal, Taprobanica. The study was funded by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).