The mosquito bucket of doom works

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The mosquito bucket of doom is a population control mechanism where you dissolve some Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) into a bucket and allow the mosquitoes to lay eggs in these buckets. The larvae then feed on Bti and die.I tried this method, and it has been unexpectedly effective.BackgroundI live in a really wooded area. It’s not swampy, but we have a lot of mosquitoes.I didn’t take the baseline measurements in the previous years, but on hot months like June, July, August, and partial...

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