mosquitoes in the lilly pond water!
 

Help! Last year we kept them out with some sort of egg hatching preventer.
This year too late. (or too dumb) The small ponds (barrel halves) are full
of live larvae. I think dumping oil on top will pretty much ruin the
blooming lilies, so what to do? Immediately? Gotta kill 'em before the Nile
Virus birds get here!
Old Chief Lynn

"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in message
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Help! Last year we kept them out with some sort of egg hatching preventer.
This year too late. (or too dumb) The small ponds (barrel halves) are full
of live larvae. I think dumping oil on top will pretty much ruin the
blooming lilies, so what to do? Immediately? Gotta kill 'em before the
Nile
Virus birds get here!
Old Chief Lynn

Get a few inexpensive goldfish (?) for each container.

Hound Dog wrote:

"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in message
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Help! Last year we kept them out with some sort of egg hatching preventer.
This year too late. (or too dumb) The small ponds (barrel halves) are full
of live larvae. I think dumping oil on top will pretty much ruin the
blooming lilies, so what to do? Immediately? Gotta kill 'em before the
Nile
Virus birds get here!
Old Chief Lynn

Get a few inexpensive goldfish (?) for each container.

There are also small fish about the size of minnows that are called
(for obvious reasons) "mosquito fish". For small containers, these
might be more appropriate than goldfish.

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"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in message
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Help! Last year we kept them out with some sort of egg hatching preventer.
This year too late. (or too dumb) The small ponds (barrel halves) are full
of live larvae. I think dumping oil on top will pretty much ruin the
blooming lilies, so what to do? Immediately? Gotta kill 'em before the
Nile
Virus birds get here!
Old Chief Lynn



1. put mosquito dunks in the water, will kill the larva,
2. add a few mosquito fish (Gambusia affinis) which you can get for free or
a nominal price from the water utility or public health/vector control.

If you can't get mosquito fish, a few common guppies, the 10c kind. Don't
bother with fancy guppies.

-S

Absolutely, get some cheapo goldfish to eat 'em. And, it's a most organic,
earth-friendly solution!

Suzy O, Wisconsin, Zone 5


"Hound Dog" wrote in message
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"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in message
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Help! Last year we kept them out with some sort of egg hatching
preventer.
This year too late. (or too dumb) The small ponds (barrel halves) are
full
of live larvae. I think dumping oil on top will pretty much ruin the
blooming lilies, so what to do? Immediately? Gotta kill 'em before the
Nile
Virus birds get here!
Old Chief Lynn

Get a few inexpensive goldfish (?) for each container.

Danios, an atractive little fish, will eat any isect foolish enough to
land on the surface of their domain. Plus, they are damn fast, and make
a stisfying splash as they take their prey.
Local price? 3 bucks a pop.

Danios, an atractive little fish, will eat any insect foolish enough to
land on the surface of their domain. Plus, they are damn fast, and make
a stisfying splash as they take their prey.
Local price? 3 bucks a pop.