. St. Nicholas [serial]. MOSQUITO EGG BOAT, ONEST. (MAGNIFIED.) The eggs are placed on end and packed closely together on the surface of water, or gjjove lUSt DUton wet earth where puddles occur. Some- -* ^ times as many as 400 eggs are in one mass, jn a few little fish of any kind—minnows, sunnies, or babyperch. Then watch for results. If this plan iscarried out consistently in any mosquito-rid-den neighborhood,there will be nomore mosquitos inthat section forsome time,althougheach year these pre-ventive measuresshould be arenumbered amongthe many insectsthat live an aquatic
. St. Nicholas [serial]. MOSQUITO EGG BOAT, ONEST. (MAGNIFIED.) The eggs are placed on end and packed closely together on the surface of water, or gjjove lUSt DUton wet earth where puddles occur. Some- -* ^ times as many as 400 eggs are in one mass, jn a few little fish of any kind—minnows, sunnies, or babyperch. Then watch for results. If this plan iscarried out consistently in any mosquito-rid-den neighborhood,there will be nomore mosquitos inthat section forsome time,althougheach year these pre-ventive measuresshould be arenumbered amongthe many insectsthat live an aquaticlife during their im-perfect stages aslarvae and female laysher eggs, from a hundred to several hundred,in a boat-shaped mass on the surface of twenty-four hours, if the weather is warm,the eggs hatch, the tiny wrigglerswriggling out of the lower endsof the upright eggs into the wa-ter below. They feed upon mi-nute algae, diatoms, and animal-cules, and every now and thenwriggle to the surface, headdo
Size: 2181px × 1146px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordodgemar, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookyear1873
