Re: collecting mosquito larvae?

Rachel Summers (S.R.Summers at massey.ac.nz)
Tue, 29 Oct 1996 14:14:27 +1200

Hi Mark

>I put some buckets outside a few weeks back and they are full of
>mosquito larvae. What is a good method for getting them into the tank
>without all the other crap that is in their water???

I get a netfull and put them into a clean bucket or ice cream container
(about 2l) of water, leave them for about 10 minutes for the garbage to
sink. Then I use a small sieve to dish out the lavae without disturbing the
bottom too much. I also try to avoid the wicked creatures like dragonfly
lavae. They were put into my cichlid tank when I had one.

Cheers

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