how to kill mosquito larvae in standing water?

Use Mosquito Kill. It uses Bti yo kill mosquitoes. It is a naturally-occurring soil bacterium that is EPA-registered for use directly in ponds as a microbial larvicide. Once ingested by mosquito larvae, it quickly affects their gastro-intestinal cavity, then the entire body cavity, preventing the larvae from developing into biting, breeding adults. Look up on internet for additional info, we have used before.

It can be added in granular form to any standing water or as floating rings in ponds. Works great. Won't hurt fish, frogs or other animals. Bleach is not good for what you are thinking, plus its poisonous to animals in the quantity you will need to use to kill the larva.

Mosquito Larvae

I heard that if you can attract dragonflys to your yard they will eat the mosquitos and their larvae. One way is by having a fish pond as they need water. Maybe you can put a small one in where you have the problem with standing water. You can buy the dragonflys too. The other thing I heard is a couple of drops of lemon joy in standing water will kill mosquitos and I guess it will kill the larvae too???

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how to kill mosquito larvae in standing water?

since i have had a lot of rain there is standing water in my yard..it is not in containers it is puddles in the yard. what can i put in the puddles to kill the larvae and that wont hurt other animals or my yard? I have a horse on the property and don't want to poison her or my dog.. I have heard...

When I go to Mosquito climes for my summer holidays I always

take a plastic "Squeezy" bottle of washing -up liquid

with me. I then squirt a small shot of the liquid soap into

any stagnant pools around my holiday villa.

It breaks up the surface tension of the Water and the eggs and Larvae

drown.

If it rains I repeat the process.

Julie Anne is right. A few drops of any oil (vegetable oil is safest) on the surface kills the larvae.

The larvae need to breathe air, and attach themselves (by surface tension) to the surface of the water. A film of oil does two things: chokes the insects' breathing tubes, and anyway reduces surface tension so that the larvae cannot cling to the air/water interface, sink and drown.

A safe and eco-friendly way to kill them is using Neem. Neem oil or spray kills mosquito larvae but is harmless to other animals. The tree's leaves has insect killing properties but it's safe for humans and pets.

I believe cooking oil floating on the water will kill them by smothering the larvae. Not tried it but worth a go.

I previously put salt, soap powder, boiling water one after another into the small pot where the mosquito larvae were. They continued to wriggle before my very eyes! In the end i had to use a knife-shaped stick and slice them into two to be sure :/

I just read another thread and putting a handful of copper coins in the water will do the trick. just giving it a try as don't want to contaminate the water as I use it to water my ecological sourced seeds with are helping to re-populate the local bee population. Will keep you all informed ;)