pond, mosquitoes & DDT - potential neighbour dispute
 

Dear All

Thanks for taking the time to reply to this - very helpful...

....of particular interest was Michael Berridge's post. With a sig of
www.british-naturism.org.uk he probably knows more than most about mozzie
bites....

Cheers

JP

pond, mosquitoes & DDT - potential neighbour dispute
 

pond, mosquitoes & DDT - potential neighbour dispute
 

Sue & Bob Hobden wrote:

Now you presumable want to keep your wildlife pond and would not wish to
introduce one of the larger species of fish so may I suggest Sticklebacks to
take care of any larvae there may be.
Finally, I too suffer badly from some insect bites and therefore wear a good
insect repellent containing DEET, perhaps you could suggest they do to.


Unfortunately sticklebacks can be just as destructive to wildlife as larger
fish. They'll certainly take out newt tadpoles.
Anita

pond, mosquitoes & DDT - potential neighbour dispute
 

martin wrote in message

You can kill mosquito larvae by pouring a few drops of olive oil onto
the surface of the pond. The oil blocks the larvae's snorkels.


probably the most ecologically sound method if you don't have fish. I
always have some of those allergy tablets like Clarityn or Pirotin, and
take them for a few days after being exposed to insect bites, Certainly
stops them itching and they don't develop into huge swellings.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk

pond, mosquitoes & DDT - potential neighbour dispute
 

Anita wrote in message
after Bob wrote:

Now you presumable want to keep your wildlife pond and would not wish to
introduce one of the larger species of fish so may I suggest
Sticklebacks to
take care of any larvae there may be.
Finally, I too suffer badly from some insect bites and therefore wear a
good
insect repellent containing DEET, perhaps you could suggest they do to.


Unfortunately sticklebacks can be just as destructive to wildlife as
larger
fish. They'll certainly take out newt tadpoles.


True they will eat tadpoles and other creatures, that's nature which is what
a wildlife pond is all about, but they would only take a few a day unlike,
say, a full grown Koi that would simply hoover them and everything else up,
plants and all.
--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.

pond, mosquitoes & DDT - potential neighbour dispute
 

Dear All

Thanks for taking the time to reply to this - very helpful...

....of particular interest was Michael Berridge's post. With a sig of
www.british-naturism.org.uk he probably knows more than most about mozzie
bites....

Cheers

JP

pond, mosquitoes & DDT - potential neighbour dispute
 

pond, mosquitoes & DDT - potential neighbour dispute
 

Sue & Bob Hobden wrote:

Anita wrote in message
after Bob wrote:

Now you presumable want to keep your wildlife pond and would not wish to
introduce one of the larger species of fish so may I suggest
Sticklebacks to
take care of any larvae there may be.
Finally, I too suffer badly from some insect bites and therefore wear a
good
insect repellent containing DEET, perhaps you could suggest they do to.


Unfortunately sticklebacks can be just as destructive to wildlife as
larger
fish. They'll certainly take out newt tadpoles.


True they will eat tadpoles and other creatures, that's nature which is what
a wildlife pond is all about, but they would only take a few a day unlike,
say, a full grown Koi that would simply hoover them and everything else up,
plants and all.
--
Bob


In most garden ponds thats still enough to wipe out the year's production
of newts. In the wild newts are hardly ever found in ponds which have
sticklebacks. That not to say you might not choose to have sticklebacks
rather than newts in your wildlife pond but you are unlikely to be able to
have both.
Anita

pond, mosquitoes & DDT - potential neighbour dispute
 

In article , A.Malhotra
writes
In most garden ponds thats still enough to wipe out the year's production
of newts. In the wild newts are hardly ever found in ponds which have
sticklebacks. That not to say you might not choose to have sticklebacks
rather than newts in your wildlife pond but you are unlikely to be able to
have both.

But are you sure it's that way around? We started out with lots of
sticklebacks, lots of frogs and two newts. Two years down the line we
have one stickleback, lots of frogs, and 40 newts.

--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm