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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 04:27 PM 05/06/2002 -0400, Tom wrote:
> I was reading in a West Nile Virus brochure that aeration keeps the
> mosquito at bay too.  Can anyone explain this?

I'm presuming you mean aeration of the water?
Aeration, whether by means of a 'fountain' or a bubbler-type apparatus is 
going to create turbulence.  Most mosquito species lay their eggs, either 
in pools of water, or in low-lying depressions which tend to collect 
rainwater.  They don't utilize moving/running/turbulent waters - much 
prefer old tires & hubcaps, ruts in a (seldom-traveled)dirt road, etc.


Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY

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