Had a well doh moment yesterday. I went to clean the screen of the city
bought rain barrel and the darn barrel was full of mosquitoes and
larva. I don't know why I assumed that the screen would keep the
dreaded vampire bugs out, but it sure did not. Obviously a mosquito
dunk is in order here. Talked to the city this morning and they seemed
unconcerned and said that a dunk would handle it and not everybody had
the problem. I thought that I would send a heads up to any of you who
have these barrels. My barrel has been drained and washed out and it
sitting in the sun awaiting our next rain so that I can put in a
mosquito dunk. I hate the thought of thousands of these darn things
breeding mosquitoes all over the city. Sheesh the city is selling
mosquito breeders. Yeah, I should have known better.

Cea

Celeste Evans wrote:
breeding mosquitoes all over the city. Sheesh the city is selling
mosquito breeders. Yeah, I should have known better.

I need to get one to provide fresh food for my fish!

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We drop a minnow in each of the water receptacles around here and that works
perfectly!
With hope and heart,
Kathleen

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If a man is called to be a streetsweeper
He should sweep streets
Even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music,
or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well
that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say,
Here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr


Had a well doh moment yesterday. I went to clean the screen of the city
bought rain barrel and the darn barrel was full of mosquitoes and
larva. I don't know why I assumed that the screen would keep the
dreaded vampire bugs out, but it sure did not. Obviously a mosquito
dunk is in order here. Talked to the city this morning and they seemed
unconcerned and said that a dunk would handle it and not everybody had
the problem. I thought that I would send a heads up to any of you who
have these barrels. My barrel has been drained and washed out and it
sitting in the sun awaiting our next rain so that I can put in a
mosquito dunk. I hate the thought of thousands of these darn things
breeding mosquitoes all over the city. Sheesh the city is selling
mosquito breeders. Yeah, I should have known better.

Cea

Kathleen wrote:
How long does a minnow live in one of those barrels?


We drop a minnow in each of the water receptacles around here and that works
perfectly!
With hope and heart,
Kathleen

--
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper
He should sweep streets
Even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music,
or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well
that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say,
Here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr



Had a well doh moment yesterday. I went to clean the screen of the city
bought rain barrel and the darn barrel was full of mosquitoes and
larva. I don't know why I assumed that the screen would keep the
dreaded vampire bugs out, but it sure did not. Obviously a mosquito
dunk is in order here. Talked to the city this morning and they seemed
unconcerned and said that a dunk would handle it and not everybody had
the problem. I thought that I would send a heads up to any of you who
have these barrels. My barrel has been drained and washed out and it
sitting in the sun awaiting our next rain so that I can put in a
mosquito dunk. I hate the thought of thousands of these darn things
breeding mosquitoes all over the city. Sheesh the city is selling
mosquito breeders. Yeah, I should have known better.

Cea

all summer! DH fishes, so we have a minnow vat out back full of them. He
will drop one or two in the dog water troughs (5 gallon bucket like the kind
they use for pickles) and then we have another (about-2-gallon) container
that we keep next to the water spigot. There are smaller trays out front
and out back for the wildlife but they get emptied daily (so the larvae
don't live). Then when the weather starts cooling down DH will take his
minnows back.
With hope and heart,
Kathleen


Kathleen wrote:
How long does a minnow live in one of those barrels?


We drop a minnow in each of the water receptacles around here and that
works
perfectly!
With hope and heart,
Kathleen

--
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper
He should sweep streets
Even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music,
or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well
that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say,
Here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr



Had a well doh moment yesterday. I went to clean the screen of the city
bought rain barrel and the darn barrel was full of mosquitoes and
larva. I don't know why I assumed that the screen would keep the
dreaded vampire bugs out, but it sure did not. Obviously a mosquito
dunk is in order here. Talked to the city this morning and they seemed
unconcerned and said that a dunk would handle it and not everybody had
the problem. I thought that I would send a heads up to any of you who
have these barrels. My barrel has been drained and washed out and it
sitting in the sun awaiting our next rain so that I can put in a
mosquito dunk. I hate the thought of thousands of these darn things
breeding mosquitoes all over the city. Sheesh the city is selling
mosquito breeders. Yeah, I should have known better.

Cea

A capful of chlorine (laundry) bleach will also kill all those larvae in
short order.

TR

"Celeste Evans" wrote in message
...
Had a well doh moment yesterday. I went to clean the screen of the city
bought rain barrel and the darn barrel was full of mosquitoes and
larva. I don't know why I assumed that the screen would keep the
dreaded vampire bugs out, but it sure did not. Obviously a mosquito
dunk is in order here. Talked to the city this morning and they seemed
unconcerned and said that a dunk would handle it and not everybody had
the problem. I thought that I would send a heads up to any of you who
have these barrels. My barrel has been drained and washed out and it
sitting in the sun awaiting our next rain so that I can put in a
mosquito dunk. I hate the thought of thousands of these darn things
breeding mosquitoes all over the city. Sheesh the city is selling
mosquito breeders. Yeah, I should have known better.

Cea

TLR wrote:
A capful of chlorine (laundry) bleach will also kill all those larvae in
short order.

Yeah, but one of the reasons for collecting rainwater for gardening is
watering *without* chemicals.

--
Victor M. Martinez
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 23:06:56 GMT, Victor Martinez
wrote:

TLR wrote:
A capful of chlorine (laundry) bleach will also kill all those larvae in
short order.

Yeah, but one of the reasons for collecting rainwater for gardening is
watering *without* chemicals.

Back in southeast Texas, I used a fairly benign mosquito larva
control, a tablespoon of peanut oil in the barrel. The oil floats on
top of the water in a thin layer and prevents the larvae from
"attaching" to the surface layer. They cannot breathe and die.

However, I really like the notion of fish in the barrel. Minnows are a
type of chub or sucker (family Cyprinidae). Most are primarily
vegetarian. Carp are members of the same fish family. However, there
are several species of native Texas mosquito fish. These are hardy
little fish that look like guppies. They are voracious predators and
love mosquito larvae. Slurp.

Elliot Richmond
PhD Candidate in Science Education
UT Austin

Elliot Richmond wrote:
little fish that look like guppies. They are voracious predators and
love mosquito larvae. Slurp.

So do my angel fish.

--
Victor M. Martinez
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Window Screen rubber-roped over the top is enough. Even if the water is high
and they do lay eggs, the screen keeps the adults from being able to fly
away.

John


"Celeste Evans" wrote in message
...
Had a well doh moment yesterday. I went to clean the screen of the city
bought rain barrel and the darn barrel was full of mosquitoes and
larva. I don't know why I assumed that the screen would keep the
dreaded vampire bugs out, but it sure did not. Obviously a mosquito
dunk is in order here. Talked to the city this morning and they seemed
unconcerned and said that a dunk would handle it and not everybody had
the problem. I thought that I would send a heads up to any of you who
have these barrels. My barrel has been drained and washed out and it
sitting in the sun awaiting our next rain so that I can put in a
mosquito dunk. I hate the thought of thousands of these darn things
breeding mosquitoes all over the city. Sheesh the city is selling
mosquito breeders. Yeah, I should have known better.

Cea