Mosquitos are the major problem nowadays. On rainy season, the population of the Mosquitos increase due to various factors. The Mosquitos are one which causes dengue and transfer diseases from one person to another. The medicine for dengue is present in nature. The doctors advice to take the papaya leaves syrup at the early morning to reduce the symptoms of dengue. Here, let us discuss about a topic on how to reduce Mosquitos problems in our surroundings.
Extra water during the wet season can be stored in ponds or banana pits by using trenches and swales. This will prevent stagnant water forming on the ground, so that mosquitoes will only be able to lay their eggs inside the pond. Fish, frogs, lizards and insects that live in and around the pond will eat the mosquito eggs and larva in the water. Because of this mosquitoes will reduce in number, and hence the risk mosquito spread disease will also be reduced. These insects and small creatures will also eat some of the pests that feed on your vegetables.
Other ways of handling mosquito problems:
• Don’t leave water stagnant in open places, cover all water tanks and containers.
• Treat waste water properly.
• Keep small fish (tilapia are best) in containers of water that will be used for washing, not in water that will be used for drinking, they will eat mosquito larva.
• Keep fish in rice paddies to eat mosquito larva.
• Prune off old banana leaves regularly, because mosquitoes like to stay there.
• Add neem leaf regularly to every pond.
• For compost pits, soak a handful of neem leaves in a bucket for 2 days, then pour some liquid with the neem leaves into every compost pit. Repeat this every 3 months.
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Extra water during the wet season can be stored in ponds or banana pits by using trenches and swales. This will prevent stagnant water forming on the ground, so that mosquitoes will only be able to lay their eggs inside the pond. Fish, frogs, lizards and insects that live in and around the pond will eat the mosquito eggs and larva in the water. Because of this mosquitoes will reduce in number, and hence the risk mosquito spread disease will also be reduced. These insects and small creatures will also eat some of the pests that feed on your vegetables.
Other ways of handling mosquito problems:
• Don’t leave water stagnant in open places, cover all water tanks and containers.
• Treat waste water properly.
• Keep small fish (tilapia are best) in containers of water that will be used for washing, not in water that will be used for drinking, they will eat mosquito larva.
• Keep fish in rice paddies to eat mosquito larva.
• Prune off old banana leaves regularly, because mosquitoes like to stay there.
• Add neem leaf regularly to every pond.
• For compost pits, soak a handful of neem leaves in a bucket for 2 days, then pour some liquid with the neem leaves into every compost pit. Repeat this every 3 months.
#mosquitoproblems #mosquito #dengue #stopdengue
