Mosquito season is over for now, but even when it’s in full swing, we don’t get a lot of bites as we work in the wetland nursery. I am often asked what we do to control mosquitoes in our wetland nursery at Exploration Green.
This little fish, Gambusia affinis, is our first line of defense against mosquitoes in the wetland nursery.
Mosquito fish, or Gambusia minnows, are by far the most efficient natural predators of mosquitoes. They are utilized by some mosquito control districts across the country. We collected ours in nearby ditches and set them loose in the nursery ponds, where they rapidly breed schools of hungry fish. (more…)
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