My neighbors have expressed concern that my pond is increasing the levels of mosquitoes in the neighborhood. Ive never noticed a problem, but how do I logically address their concerns?
Let them know your pond is hurting the local mosquito population, not helping it. Mosquitoes lay their larvae in bodies of water like your pond and overturned Frisbees. As an ecosystem, your pond expects this. Your fish, as well as frogs and dragonflies are primed and ready for these larvae to arise, and they gobble up as many as they can find. The skimmer filter eats many too. Larvae hang out on the surface and get sucked into it. The overturned Frisbee, however, is just the kind of stagnant, predator-free home in which larvae flourish. The more larvae a mosquito mom wastes in your pond instead of the Frisbees, the better off your neighbor-hood and your fish will be!
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