Comments on: ACMA Statement on Misters http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/acma-statement-on-misters/ Entomology. Gardening. Ranting. Nerdery. Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: bootstrap analysis http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/acma-statement-on-misters/#comment-19180 bootstrap analysis Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:42:48 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=1228#comment-19180 <strong>pesticides, bees, and history's lessons be damned...</strong> Last month I wrote about Germany's ban on the pesticide clothianidine, produced by Bayer AG. It was implicated in the death of thousands of honeybee colonies. See that post for more background.... pesticides, bees, and history’s lessons be damned…

Last month I wrote about Germany’s ban on the pesticide clothianidine, produced by Bayer AG. It was implicated in the death of thousands of honeybee colonies. See that post for more background….

]]> By: Bug Girl http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/acma-statement-on-misters/#comment-19169 Bug Girl Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:22:36 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=1228#comment-19169 actually, it's more likely that you don't have a high population to begin with because there are permanent water sources, which hold a variety of larval predators. http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/mosquito-prevention/ The swallows do eat mosquitoes, but there are several studies that suggest that they don't eat as many as you think they do. actually, it’s more likely that you don’t have a high population to begin with because there are permanent water sources, which hold a variety of larval predators.

http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/mosquito-prevention/

The swallows do eat mosquitoes, but there are several studies that suggest that they don’t eat as many as you think they do.

]]> By: wetlandstom http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/acma-statement-on-misters/#comment-19168 wetlandstom Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:30:42 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=1228#comment-19168 I do a lot of volunteer work at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve located in Hillsboro, Oregon. We have 725 acres as part of the preserve. You can see <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hillsboro,+oregon&ie=UTF8&ll=45.507129,-122.985377&spn=0.023309,0.038624&t=k&z=15" rel="nofollow">in this link to a Google Map image, that there are many ponds and open water</a>. Most of this area floods each year. Yet with all this water, there are no mosquitoes, no mosquito larva. Why is that, you ask. Because we have lots of tree swallows and barn swallows that reside here from about March to October each year. They eat bugs and are a natural insecticide. I do a lot of volunteer work at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve located in Hillsboro, Oregon. We have 725 acres as part of the preserve. You can see in this link to a Google Map image, that there are many ponds and open water. Most of this area floods each year. Yet with all this water, there are no mosquitoes, no mosquito larva.

Why is that, you ask. Because we have lots of tree swallows and barn swallows that reside here from about March to October each year. They eat bugs and are a natural insecticide.

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