If you provide a range of environments, animal and plant life will be sure to make use of it. And here it is the case as a water spider comes to hunt mosquito larvae. A small mound of Azolla becomes an unlikely home base, to balance on so delicate a surface is an outstanding feat … Continue reading »
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Effect of Used Coffee Grounds on Mosquitoes
The Yellow Fever Mosquito Looses to Coffee Grounds I came across an interesting study into the effect of used coffee grounds on the Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae), otherwise known as the Yellow Fever Mosquito. The authors suggest of used coffee grounds (UCG): …the results obtained herein reinforces the validity of considering used coffee ground … Continue reading »