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Mosquitoes: How to get RID of them
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<blockquote data-quote="ScentofCedar" data-source="post: 173667" data-attributes="member: 3353"><p>If you find the standing water where they are breeding, a tablespoon of vegetable oil will coat the surface of the water, preventing oxygen from entering the water, and preventing the hatchlings who do survive from leaving the pool. </p><p></p><p>Also, no mosquito will lay eggs in the oil-coated water.</p><p></p><p>You will need to re-oil the water every month or so ~ more often if it rains really hard.</p><p></p><p>We tried this in a rain barrel we had at the lake. It worked. We have heard too that a martin house will attract mosquito-eating martins. (I think that is what they are called.) </p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScentofCedar, post: 173667, member: 3353"] If you find the standing water where they are breeding, a tablespoon of vegetable oil will coat the surface of the water, preventing oxygen from entering the water, and preventing the hatchlings who do survive from leaving the pool. Also, no mosquito will lay eggs in the oil-coated water. You will need to re-oil the water every month or so ~ more often if it rains really hard. We tried this in a rain barrel we had at the lake. It worked. We have heard too that a martin house will attract mosquito-eating martins. (I think that is what they are called.) Barbara [/QUOTE]
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