Milford News | 1931-08-06 | Page 4 | Control of Mosquitoes Varies with the Type

CONTROL OF MOSQUITOES VARIES WITH THE TYPE Although to most people a mosquito is just a humming insect which goes around puncturing skins, there are many different kinds of them, says the United States Department of Agri culture. There are mosquitoes which breed in old tin cans containing water and in rain barrels, mosquitoes which breed in swamps and ponds, mosquitoes mosquito-es which are found in clear cool water, and mosquitoes which are most at home in the stagnant waste of sewers. sew-ers. Workers use this knowledge of the diffeifcnt mosquitoes in their campaigns cam-paigns to eradicate the pest. For one type of mosquito they concentrate on the rain barrels, tin cans, and other receptacles near homes. Often water-lily water-lily ponds or stock ponds are breeding breed-ing places for mosquitoes. Here the placing of top-water minnows or gold- fish is effective, for all mosquitoes pass through a '"wiggle-tail" or wig-gler" wig-gler" stage and the fisli feed on them. Frequently tjie mosquitoes breed in swamps and ditches. If it is too expensive expen-sive widely used is that of spraying fuel oil on the surface of the water. This destroys the wiggle-tails. Oiling should be done every 10 days during the summer to catch each new crop of wiggle-tails.