baby mosquito larvae?

[Star_Rider]

I think I should know how to raise mosquito larvae by now and i am well aware of the risks(as I have previously stated) did you read the whole thread? :nono: because I think you guys arent getting my point(no offense) please answer my original question :irked:

I think it is responsible to point out the risks.
you mentioned they have not found west nile virus ..yet.
but the fact remains, west nile is only one of the potential risks when raising mosquito larvae.
they blood they female mosquito harvest can carry any number of pathogens.
these pathogens can then be carried on to new hosts.
maybe you have been lucky. west nile was recently found here in the PNW.
I felt it responsible to point out the issues when trying to raise these critters.

I was not trying to single you out.
I was just trying to be responsible.

 

[nquint1]

I don't know a lot about west nile, but I don't think it is a risk to fish. Does anyone know this to be true?

 

[Dangerdoll]

by the way, for all you who are wondering, I rarely let them get large enough to develop into mosquitos, so theres little to worry about, and whats the big deal with a little bug bite? now back to my first topic(again)- has anyone ever heard of feeding newly hatched mosquito larvae to fry or know of their nutritional value? Im really interested, I may have started something here...

it's been done by quite a few people in the hobby, actually they've been fed to fish in the hobby. About raising them, I'm sure a few folks do that too.... their nutritional value, not sure...

 

[Weezer]

I feed with flake food........:grinyes:

 

[nmrsco]

I think it is responsible to point out the risks.
you mentioned they have not found west nile virus ..yet.
but the fact remains, west nile is only one of the potential risks when raising mosquito larvae.
they blood they female mosquito harvest can carry any number of pathogens.
these pathogens can then be carried on to new hosts.
maybe you have been lucky. west nile was recently found here in the PNW.
I felt it responsible to point out the issues when trying to raise these critters.

I was not trying to single you out.
I was just trying to be responsible.

yea sorry about that I wasn't trying to single you out either. its just that I know plenty about EEE and west nile, and of the many mosquito bites I get, extremely few are from ones I raised.

 

[bacalao]

I think I should know how to raise mosquito larvae by now and i am well aware of the risks(as I have previously stated) did you read the whole thread? :nono: because I think you guys arent getting my point(no offense) please answer my original question :irked:

Deliberately culturing mosquitoes is actually illegal in many states. So I would be discreet about letting the neighbors know you're doing this.

This being said, I do it every summer, in 5-gallon buckets on my patio. Once I see egg rafts, I put a window-screen cover on the bucket so that if any hatch out, they can't escape.

Even the very tiny ones would still be too big for many fry, I think.

 

[silentskream]

when i see mosquito larvae, i kill it. i hate mosquitos and i believe they are one of very very few absolutely worthless creatures in this world. they serve no purpose other than being pests and even the creatures that eat mosquitos do not rely solely on them for their diet, and could easily survive without them.

 

[Weezer]

There the main food source for bat's ..............

 

[silentskream]

only some bats.. and they eat other insects too.

 

[vidiots]

If you do keep a bucket outside for mosquito and midge larvae, learn from my mistake. Clean the bucket out very well before bringing it indoors at the end of the season. I just dumped mine and brought the bucket in and put it in the basement. There was a little water left inside and apparently some mosquito eggs too. They hatched and we had an indoor mosquito problem. The wife was not happy about that..