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A guy I know from one of the car forums was talking about how he'd dug a new pond on his farm, in a particularly mosquito-infested part of California. "You're
by Gordonjcp 4y ago
A guy I know from one of the car forums was talking about how he'd dug a new pond on his farm, in a particularly mosquito-infested part of California.
"You're mad", everyone said, "you're just making a perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes, with that big pool and the trees providing shade!" And indeed, the mosquitoes flocked there and bred like crazy. Mosquitoes all over.
Before long, his beautiful new pond was absolutely hoaching with mosquito larvae, which the carp he'd stocked it with ate like they'd heard it was getting banned.
Now there aren't any mosquitoes for about a three mile radius.
- belfalas 4y agoI had never seen or heard the word 'hoaching' before today - "full of or swarming with people and things." That's a good one, thanks!
- Gordonjcp 4y agoA good Scots word.
- notahacker 4y agoCarp as vector control! That's a great counter-intuitive way of dealing with pests...
- gojomo 4y agoMostquito-larva-eating fish have often been intentionally deployed for mosquito control, though the use of non-native species may have sometimes backfired: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquitofish#Environmental_impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquitofish#Environmental_imp...