| If you stay in a place that is warm and humid, its the | | | | scraps in the water as this will serve as food for the |
| perfect place for you to have your own cultivation of | | | | larva. |
| mosquito larvae. Mosquito egg rafts are free to | | | | - Within couples of weeks, the whole system should |
| harvest, requiring very little equipment and only a few | | | | be fairly putrid (with some unpleasant smell), and |
| minutes each day. The larvae act as a good | | | | hopefully it will attracts some female mosquitos. |
| supplement of food for your fish. Its fun to see your | | | | - Female mosquitos will lay their eggs one at a time |
| fish swimming around hunting the larvae. So what are | | | | together in rafts of a hundred or more eggs on the |
| you waiting for? Follow the guide below and soon you | | | | surface of water. |
| will be an experienced larvae farmer. | | | | - Soon you will find rafts appear on the surface of |
| Things you need: | | | | water. |
| -some 2L - 4L water containers | | | | - If you find wriggles growing in your containers, try to |
| -a place that is fairly protected from the wind | | | | harvest them, or discard the water to avoid the |
| -water | | | | growing population of mosquitos in your neighborhood. |
| -potato peels, vegetable scraps, bread scraps | | | | - The raft are light yellow/cream color when freshly |
| What to do? | | | | laid and darken to grey after some time. |
| - Fill each container with water till 3/4 full. Old tank | | | | - Put the raft in a jar together with some foul water |
| water is preferred as it already contains a variety of | | | | from the container. |
| microbes to help things get started. | | | | - Wait few days... |
| - Put some potato peels or vegetable scraps or bread | | | | - Bingo!!!!! |