I don't know about the egg laying. I have seen larvae in ponds polluted with partial mineral oil slicks, so I think it is probable they will lay the eggs on/near oil films. The film need not be very thick to kill the larvae, and probably will not harm your cats. Don't they put corn oil in dry cat food?
James-Osbourne: Holmes -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>mosquito larvae Although true, I don't want to add that to my cat's drinking water. Do the adults still try to lay their eggs if there is oil on the water. I figure that they are going to lay them somewhere, so it would be better to have something for them to lay them in, where the larvae will die. I guess one of the best ways would be to have a tub of water with some minnows in it. Marshall "James Osbourne, Holmes" wrote: > Any cheap cooking oil on the surface will clog their breathing apparatus. > > James-Osbourne: Holmes > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: CS>mosquito larvae > > Being summer with lots of areas where water accumulates where mosquito > larvae can hatch, I though I would try using CS and aspertame to see if > it would kill them. > > Last night I added a couple of ounces of 5 ppm CS to a bowl of water > that had about 8 oz of water in it. It had larvae in it already. > > This morning I checked and the larvae were still alive. I then added a > packet of Nutrasweet. > > 4 hours later, they are still alive. I just dumped them out to dry. > > Oh well, nice idea if it had worked. > > Marshall > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
