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		bink 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death Or a small amount of diesel fuel (the dunks are safer). People sometimes do this with abandoned pools.

anitil 7 months ago [–]

What does diesel do? Does the layer of oil prevent mosquitos from laying eggs?

wildzzz 7 months ago | [–]

Larvacidal oils block them from being able to breathe at the surface of the water.

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