He is making a false and malicious complaint. Demand what evidence he
bases his allegation upon, perhaps remind him it is a felony to
trespass, slander and make false and malicious allegations aka 'mind
your own business'

You are under no obligation or owe him any reason or explanation for
his subnormal intelligence levels

Whether you WANT rats or mosquito's on your property, or not, it is
NONE of his business. for all you know, he is a thief intending to pry
upon your property with the intention of theft or some other ulterior
motive

If it's your property, or you rent it as such, you keep it private and
you tell him so. You could have a word with your local police to
discuss the situation, if you detect this malicious person could
escalate a neighbourly dispute.

Quite possibly the neighbour resents a 'nice feature' or maybe a few
frogs hopping around and just intends to be plain nasty to spoil your
enjoyment of your pond for spite

In reality, a well balanced pond reduces mosquito populations, that is
well known and have absolutely no influence on rat populations.

Regards, andy
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"Bulldog" wrote in message ...
Our neighbors complained that my pond is breeding mosquitoes and rats. Does
anyone have articles saying this is a myth?

As far as larvae and eggs go, I don't see any. In fact, my theory is that
the pond is a trap. Mosquitoes might lay eggs but the fish eat them.

This is serious and I hope someone has some ready documentation.