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  Re: Mosquito Control in Outside Water-filled Propagation Tra
From: tychen at ippfwhr.org on 1997.06.16 at 16:27:33(853)
park,

i understand that mosquito larvae will die if you add a thin layer of
oil to the water. since they breath through their bottom ends and by
adding oil, their heads being heavier will come to the surface and
their ends will go down, thus suffocating them

tsuh yang chen, new york city
(10 more days before leaving for indonesia)

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