danval Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 I thought i would share a technique of harvesting mosquito larvae for your fighters. We have a small pond that has a large amount of larvae dispersed about the pond. I discovered by accident after my son threw a slice of bread into the pond that the larvae were attracted to it. Simply scoop out the bread with your net, (but you have to use a little bit of stealth as the larvae will swim to the bottom as they are sensitive to movement) and you should have a decent number of larvae without have to scoop up other bits of rubbish from you pond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 They will cling to the side of most floating objects. They breath atomspheric air so rather than swim to the surface all the time, they raft onto objects. You are probably realising this because you can see them against the white of the bread. You can collect the egg rafts and hatch them in jars. That way you can grade the sizes dempending on how long you grow them before feeding out. I can pm you an article I wrote if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 LOL, To save all the PMs Link Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted February 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Thanks for that Supasi. I really enjoyed your blog. Sad to see your little piece of paradise all but destroyed. I hope it regenerates to something like it was before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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