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    Default mosquito or fruit fly traps? How to make one?

    I am thinking mosquitos and fruit flies are a great source of protein for the aquarium fish.

    I have fruit fly traps that use liquid in the bottom of the trap, but I don't want that liquid going in the tank. I have tried using cucumber in the bottom of the traps, but don't seem to have any action.

    As to mosquitos I have read yeast attracts them, and am wondering if a fruit fly trap with a bit of yeast in the bottom of the trap as bait will work, and is the yeast safe to go in the aquarium (my thought on this is no, it is not).

    So how would one trap fruit flies and mosquitoes to use as fish food?
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    Default Re: mosquito or fruit fly traps? How to make one?

    Google raising fruit flies. Bananas mashed potato flakes and beer.

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    Thanks Rogue.

    I called the Vector mosquito management a year or so ago to ask them to give me any mosquito larvae they were going to kill as they take samples and have some in tanks. They said that was not going to happen as they didn't want any mosquitoes hatching....
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    Default Re: mosquito or fruit fly traps? How to make one?

    I remember raising fruit flies in high school biology. I think we were identifying genetic variations based on stripes or something. I remember the teacher getting pretty upset when someone left the lid off their jar over night filling the room with them.

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    I can see that happening.

    This is why I am thinking of trapping the ones we have... traps are more welcome to my wife than raising bugs
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    Default Re: mosquito or fruit fly traps? How to make one?

    So a local hobbyist would just throw a very small amount of garden soil and fallen leaves into a 5-gal bucket and leave it outside in the shade, here in Minneapolis. Shortly, he would have lots of mosquito larvae to feed. He used a baby brine shrimp net to scoop them up and throw into his tanks. After a week, he would dump out the contents so none would mature and fly off.
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    My old horse has no back teeth so she can pick up grass but then just gum's it around then spits it out. She can't help it. I feed her a special diet for horses with no teeth and it keeps her in good condition. Sometimes when she drinks from her water trough the stuff that she was trying to eat gets spit out in the trough so she can get a drink. Soon enough skeeter wigglers show up. I net out a bunch with a fine mesh net, feed them to the fish and then change the nasty water in her trough. During the summer this process from clean water to water with mosquito wigglers takes 3 days.
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    perfect. I will try this. What kind of leaves as I am sure they don't like arborvitae or cedar....
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    You can even use a handful of grass clippings. Anything organic that will break down easily.
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    Default Re: mosquito or fruit fly traps? How to make one?

    great, I will pull some grape leaves, or throw in some compost (apple cores, and such).
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