Show CLEAN UP AND KILL THE mosquitoes cleanup time is here and so is is mosquito time gird on your swatting armor and go forth ono one moment however before you gothe go 90 the female is more deadly than tho the male among mosquitoes the members of the fair sex are fierce bloodsuckers blood suckers that inject an ir irritating ri poison into our skins and they may accompany the dose of toxin with a few fever germs the males lead a comparatively ively tame exi existence stene e subsisting on the juices of plants and fruits so says a member of the university of wisconsin biology department the speckle winged anopheles the malarial mosquito he continues hibernates during the winter in our attics cellars and closets the presence of many lakos lakes swamps and ponds often makes mosquitoes an intolerable pest the female mosquito gorges herself with blood in order that the eggs may have abundant nourishment she deposits her little egg raft on the surface of quiet water during the night and it floats there until the larvae hatch h the larvae are the wig hat alers or r wiggle tails which are seen in ponds and rainwater barrels the world over though 1 mosquito larvae always develop in in water they must breathe air and frequently come to the surface after a few days the larva sheds its skin and becomes a big headed pupa which rests at the surface until it splits up the back to allow the adult mosquito TE to emerge the best way to get rid of 4 mosquitoes is to destroy their 1 I breeding places this not only 4 means draining swamps and filling in ponds but gathering up tomato cans putting netting over horse troughs and rain water vater barrels and watching the cave troughs if it is impossible 1 to got rid of standing water near your premises oil placed on IS ponds will kill the larvae kerosene or any light fuel oil will serve for this purpose about abou one ounce of oil will cover fifteen square feet syi vz |