Mosquitoes bite and can spread disease.
Most people know they should empty outdoor containers with standing water on a regular basis. Doing so greatly helps to reduce the number of mosquito larvae that can hatch. Sometimes it's impossible to eliminate every bit of standing water, and so a little may remain in the bottom of a container. That is enough water to allow mosquito eggs to hatch into healthy, wiggly larvae. Sink the egg rafts and drown the larvae with non-toxic vegetable oil from your kitchen. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Fill a plastic spray bottle with vegetable oil.
2. Spritz a puff of the vegetable oil onto the surface of standing water. Afterward, you'll see an oil slick on the water.
3. Squirt another puff of vegetable oil onto the water if the first amount you sprayed wasn't enough to cover the water's surface completely with a light oil slick. The mosquito larvae will quickly drown and egg rafts will sink before they can hatch. The oil will evaporate within one or two sunny days.
4. Repeat the vegetable oil treatment once weekly.
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