On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 14:20:40 -0600, Andy Hill
wrote:

Mike Patterson wrote:
On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 02:57:24 GMT, wrote:
skeeters fly up to 5 miles, but better is check around the house for anything holding
water like tires, cans, etc. amazing what we leave sitting around holds water and
then mosquitoes. Ingrid

Yep, did a search-n-destroy mission a couple days ago, but the only
standing water I found was full of tadpoles!

Did you check the gutters? A poorly-sloped set of gutters (and there are a lot
of them out there) can hold an amazing amount of stagnant water.

Nope, didn't think of that, but will now, thanks.

Some of my gutters are about 35 feet up...I may just spray some bleach
water up there instead of climbing.


Mike Patterson
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On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:34:09 +0100, "someone"
wrote:
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All it takes is one old rubber tire lying around in a field somewhere
and trapping a bit of rainwater and there's your source. Not to mention
rainwater-holding knot-holes in trees, you wouldn't believe what breeds
in those. I worked with a woman at Oxford University who spent her
whole career studying the things that live in watery knot-holes in
trees.

s.

She must have an interesting VC/resume.

Mike Patterson
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We have some beautiful dragonflies out here. Some we call the NASCAR
dragonflies because their bodies are black & white checked and their wings
are clear with a black stripe. Others are neon blue with completely clear
wings so all you see are these little blue bodies zipping past.

I have never seen so many beautiful colors of them as we have here at our
pond. Considering that our pond is so huge I would have thought the mosquito
population would have been overwhelming but they are (so far) at fairly
normal levels. We use insect repellent anytime we go out in the field or in
the woods. That doesn't keep us from getting an occasional bite but at least
we aren't bait!

Kate

"Ka30P" wrote in message
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| Since we've had the pond we've hardly ever seen a mosquito.
| The other thing a pond attracts is dragon and damselflies to lay their
eggs.
| They are also mosquito eating machines. One insect will eat them in the
| thousands.
|
|
| kathy :-)
| algae primer
| http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 01:58:53 -0400, chagoi
wrote:

Mike Patterson wrote:

Ya know, I have 17 medium fish and dozens of baby fish plus I counted
6 dragonflies buzzing around yesterday, but I'm still getting bitten.

Maybe I need to make a sacrifice to the Pond Gods.


Mike Patterson

Hey Mike

Gotta get the "Propane Funeral Pyre" working for the Mosquito Sacrifices.


/\/\ike
Chagoi
http://ourkoipond.com

Yah, I need to get back on that project. I'm thinking of a month-long
experiment using shiners in a 20-gallon plastic tub to check for
cumulative toxicity issues before I do the full-blown fire in the
pond.

If it comes down to it, I can float a burner orifrice on the surface
instead of bubbling gas through the water.

Either way, it's -gonna- happen eventually. Hey, took me 4 years to
get the pond completed, but it happened.


Mike Patterson
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Someone wrote I worked with a woman at Oxford University who spent her
whole career studying the things that live in watery knot-holes in
trees.

Oh, this is kewl! I need to find one of those
trees.... probably need to move to a different climate though.


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:34:09 +0100, "someone"
wrote:
snip
All it takes is one old rubber tire lying around in a field somewhere
and trapping a bit of rainwater and there's your source. Not to mention
rainwater-holding knot-holes in trees, you wouldn't believe what breeds
in those. I worked with a woman at Oxford University who spent her
whole career studying the things that live in watery knot-holes in
trees.

s.

She must have an interesting VC/resume.

Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.
"I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific..."

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 14:20:40 -0600, Andy Hill
wrote:

Mike Patterson wrote:
On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 02:57:24 GMT, wrote:
skeeters fly up to 5 miles, but better is check around the house for anything holding
water like tires, cans, etc. amazing what we leave sitting around holds water and
then mosquitoes. Ingrid

Yep, did a search-n-destroy mission a couple days ago, but the only
standing water I found was full of tadpoles!

Did you check the gutters? A poorly-sloped set of gutters (and there are a lot
of them out there) can hold an amazing amount of stagnant water.

Nope, didn't think of that, but will now, thanks.

Some of my gutters are about 35 feet up...I may just spray some bleach
water up there instead of climbing.


Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.
"I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific..."