New Old Idea for Controlling Mosquitoes

Notice the oxymoron in the title of this post? I could go on to write how any moron could have figured out this technique for controlling mosquitoes but that would not be very politically correct so I won’t. The new old idea that is having swimming success (hint, hint) for Richmond County Mosquito Control is the diminutive mosquitofish. They apparently multiply quickly into hundreds of mosquito larvae eating machines and where mosquitofish are multiplying mosquitoes aren’t. The mosquitofish were lifted from the swamp at no cost and added to five abandoned swimming pools (mosquito breeding grounds) in Richmond County. They actually trapped mosquitoes before and after the fish were added to stagnant swimming pools. Then they collected a lot of data to support their conclusions. Aside from preventing a bunch of mosquito bites and the possibility of mosquito borne diseases, another real saving is in the cost of the fish (free for the collecting) versus the cost of the pesticides they usually use for mosquito control, in this case, a savings of just under a thousand dollars. I think the Richmond County Mosquito Control people and Mother Nature have a good thing going.