Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:42:33 +1100
From: quietguy 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house misc.consumers.frugal-living alt.home.lawn.garden rec.pets.dogs.health rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Mosquito control -- Standing water: how to drain water from tires.

Not sure who you are replying to, but 'yes' I put kero in the farm water tanks
- I think every farmer does.

David

John Savage wrote:

> "The Bald Ass Prairie Farm" planet.net> writes:
> >"quietguy"  wrote in message
> >news:4242B57E.2717C953@REMOVE-TO-REPLYoptusnet.com.au...
> >> much easier to just pop a desertspoon or so of kero in each tyre - stops
> >> the mossies from breeding
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >Or just soap, they breed and the larva drown.
>
> Have you actually tried this and found it to work? I ask since I added
> some detergent to my neighbour's waterlily pots because mozzies were
> breeding in them, and the larvae didn't even notice it. I thought they
> would rely on surface tension as they come up for air, but they were
> unfazed when I removed the surface tension!
> --
> John Savage                   (my news address is not valid for email)
>