How Do You Replace Mosquito Sprays With Natural Predator Controls?
Each year, in the early spring, after the first lengthy rains, mosquitoes begin to make their appearance in our backyards and low-lying valleys. Local communities usually begin spraying to kill their larvae, hoping this will help keep their numbers down later. Do the mosquito sprays really work? Are We Destroying Our Natural Mosquito Controls With Sprays? Mosquito insecticide sprays do kill some of these nuisance insects, but they do not ask, “Are you a mosquito, a dragonfly, etc.” before they perform their task. Sprays are not selective and do kill off many of the natural predators, such as the dragonfly. It sometimes catches its prey in flight and it does devour its fair share of mosquitoes. The dragonfly is susceptible to a similar demise as is the mosquito if it is caught within the mosquito insecticide spray. There are some even more effective predators of the mosquito, called the “mosquito fish” and it can devour 100 mosquito larvae in about an hour. They are one of the top aquat
