Thread: Mosquito temps?
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Old 13-03-2006, 03:14 PM posted to rec.ponds
Derek Broughton
 
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Default Mosquito temps?

Bill Stock wrote:

Does anyone know the temp (water/air) at which Mosquitoes can breed? I
brought the fish indoors this year, and I l will likely transfer the
plants/fish outside at the same time. This means the fish will be going
out later than the skeeters will start. My pond pump is otherwise
occupied, so I'm considering a new pump/fountain to keep the Mosquitoes at
bay until the fish go out.


It's _extremely_ variable. There's a huge number of kinds of mosquito (not
all of which will dine on people), that breed in all sorts of conditions.
I would say that as long as you have liquid water, you'll probably have
mosquitos, but I don't think many of those that breed in cooler weather are
biters.
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derek