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Originally Posted by 209x50
These guys are talking about rain barrels! I talking about acres and acres of ponds!
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Mosquitos and dragonflies don't inhabit the same waters. Ponds do not contain Mosquitos.
Mosquito habitat is intermittent flooded areas like ditches. Some ponds may have some intermittent water around the edges. Intermittent sloughs or very shallow intermittent marches can also hold mosquito larvae.
Mosquitoes lay eggs just above the water line. Eggs can be viable for a very long time. During large rain events...multiple egg generations can hatch at once.
If you have limited water away from pets a home remedy is just enough canola oil to leave a nice film. The larvae can't push their breathing tube up to get air and suffocate.
Permanent water contains too many natural predators. Don't waste the larvacide on the wrong water.