Swimming Critters!

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willnbirdie

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« on: June 09, 2008, 21:52 »
Hi

Have waterbuts to collect rainfall - on the weekend we noticed some tiny little critters swimming on and under the water - yuk - too tiny to photograph - we think they may be fly larvae?  Is it still safe to water with it?  Right or wrong instinct said not to use in the greenhouse?  Can it be used at all?

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agapanthus

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« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2008, 21:54 »
Mossie nymphs!

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SalJ1980

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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2008, 21:59 »
I had the same thing, loads of larvae in the water. Have been watering with it anyway in the hope that they'll die out of water. Most of them stuck in the rose of the watering can anyway, with the skinny wiggly tails sticking out of the holes!
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« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2008, 20:19 »
My grandad had a great idea for dealing with those little blighters, he put a couple of small goldfish out of his pond in his water butt for a few days at a time, they love mossie larvae and will eat the lot in no time!
Finally got the space, now just nead the girls!!

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« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2008, 22:42 »
He who knows everything  :roll:  :roll:  munty, reckons if you put a bit of washing-up liquid in the butt it puts a barrier on top of the water and the adults cannot emerge then.


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