Mosquito issue in standing pots.

I have a small pond that is overgrowing. I have pulled of the plants
out and put in pots to await veggie filter or additional pond
(addictions suck).

But I am seeing larva in the pots. I put a couple of mosquito fish in
them, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem. The GF suggests a
mosquito coil, but I want to make sure it is cool or have you guys
suggest an alternate as these plants will find there way back into a
fish pond one way or another.

Carl

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They could be many different kinds of lavra
(over 5,000 insects spend part or all of their lives in water!) but to be on
the safe side you can add a Mosquito Dunk or Mosquito Bits
(since West Nile showed up they are widely available now) - if they are
mosquito larva they'll be dead in 24 hours.






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On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:17:10 -0700, Carl Beyer
wrote:

I have a small pond that is overgrowing. I have pulled of the plants
out and put in pots to await veggie filter or additional pond
(addictions suck).

But I am seeing larva in the pots. I put a couple of mosquito fish in
them, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem. The GF suggests a
mosquito coil, but I want to make sure it is cool or have you guys
suggest an alternate as these plants will find there way back into a
fish pond one way or another.

Carl

Mosquitoes can breed in just a tablespoon of water! Either change
the water every 4 days, add dunks, add a layer of cooking oil on top,
place the plants inside mosquito netting, etc. The minnows should
work--but don't feed them!

EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote in message ...
They could be many different kinds of lavra
(over 5,000 insects spend part or all of their lives in water!) but to be on
the safe side you can add a Mosquito Dunk or Mosquito Bits
(since West Nile showed up they are widely available now) - if they are
mosquito larva they'll be dead in 24 hours.

Or a couple of harmless drops of kerosene.
[oooh, bad ecology . . . ]
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Crashj

Mosquito Bits can kill within 24 hours. Mosquito Dunks take longer.
Both products used together offer fast, long-term control, lasting up
to about a month per treatment. EPA approved, etc.

EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote:


They could be many different kinds of lavra
(over 5,000 insects spend part or all of their lives in water!) but to be on
the safe side you can add a Mosquito Dunk or Mosquito Bits
(since West Nile showed up they are widely available now) - if they are
mosquito larva they'll be dead in 24 hours.

Oh really? Why is that? I was just mentioning to K30 the other day that I
had put a partial dunk in a rubber container and the mosquito larvae were
still thriving after 48 hours. Put in the Bits and all dead in 12-24. What
is the difference, do you know? ~ jan

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:09:32 GMT, GD wrote:

Mosquito Bits can kill within 24 hours. Mosquito Dunks take longer.
Both products used together offer fast, long-term control, lasting up
to about a month per treatment. EPA approved, etc.

(Ka30P) wrote:


They could be many different kinds of lavra
(over 5,000 insects spend part or all of their lives in water!) but to be on
the safe side you can add a Mosquito Dunk or Mosquito Bits
(since West Nile showed up they are widely available now) - if they are
mosquito larva they'll be dead in 24 hours.


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

My thoughts on why: both Mosquito Bits and Mosquito Dunks contain the
same "active ingredient", B.t., and both work after mosquito larvae
feed on the carrier materials in which it is supplied. Dunks take
longer to break down to edible form for mosquito larvae; Bits are
sort of like fast food, immediately available for feeding.


~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:

Oh really? Why is that? I was just mentioning to K30 the other day that I
had put a partial dunk in a rubber container and the mosquito larvae were
still thriving after 48 hours. Put in the Bits and all dead in 12-24. What
is the difference, do you know? ~ jan

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:09:32 GMT, GD wrote:

Mosquito Bits can kill within 24 hours. Mosquito Dunks take longer.
Both products used together offer fast, long-term control, lasting up
to about a month per treatment. EPA approved, etc.

(Ka30P) wrote:


They could be many different kinds of lavra
(over 5,000 insects spend part or all of their lives in water!) but to be on
the safe side you can add a Mosquito Dunk or Mosquito Bits
(since West Nile showed up they are widely available now) - if they are
mosquito larva they'll be dead in 24 hours.


(Do you know where your water quality is?)