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Damn Mosquito larvae are invincible

heh wish i had some sulfuric acid just lying around😉


oh yea i also salted it generously..apparently they dont mind that either.

think ii'm gonna have to put soap into the thing until its like a bubble bath or something
 
go to a hardware store (menards, home depot) and look for something called "mosquito dunks" or whatever else it may be named. Its basically like a charcoal briquette that prevents mosquito larva from hatching, and it doesn't harm any other living things.
 
Originally posted by: bahbahbooey
go to a hardware store (menards, home depot) and look for something called "mosquito dunks" or whatever else it may be named. Its basically like a charcoal briquette that prevents mosquito larva from hatching, and it doesn't harm any other living things.
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It doesn't prevent them from hatching, it's loaded with a bacteria (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) that excretes a crystalline toxin that kills the larvae. Works great!
 
Originally posted by: mateo
Gasoline + match (gas floats on water, right?)

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Heh, during the construction of the Panama Canal, so many people were dying from yellow fever & malaria, they ended up spraying oil all over standing water near the construction site. The oil slicks prevented the larvae from breathing, so there was no need to light the oil on fire. It has other less desirable effects on the environment, though.
 
yea i saw that katrina dirty jobs too. apparently they got big time mosquito problems from all those abondoned pools.

well i dumped detergent in there, can't really check till it stops being all cloudy from being stirred
 
what i need is a heating element, sort of lie those cooking ones that are like a cooking coil but in rod form with handle. a giant one to stick into a pond and raise the temperature till they boil alive🙂

i'd use fire but theres vegetation around the edge🙁
 
heh it was pretty mucky before too so fish wouldn't have lived long. it was more of a decorative fountain in the past really, so its not that big. it dries out after a while, its not more than about 3/4 foot deep.

liquid detergent...then softner, i'm going to increase the toxic stew till they die.
 
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