Re: After the floods comes ...?

On Jul 27, 11:34 pm, Rodney Blackall <rblack...@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
> As the floods subside I bet there are going to be some persistent lakes. How
> long does it take for mosquitos to find these, lay their eggs and hatch?
>
> A hot dry wind can evaporate an awful lot of water very quickly, but I
> wonder if it can do it quickly enough to stop a plague of mozzies?
>
> To catch the mozzies a plague of spiders; to clear the spiders ...?
>
> --
> Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI)
> Buckingham, ENGLAND
> Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j

How about an influx of swifts and swallows and the smaller bats to
catch all the mozzies.... they're normally the ones that eat them...

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NickTheBatMan	Re: After the floods comes ...? On Jul 27, 11:34 pm, Rodney Blackall <rblack...@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk> wrote: > As the floods subside I bet there are going to be some persistent lakes. How > long does it take for mosquitos to find these, lay their eggs and hatch? > > A hot dry wind can evaporate an awful lot of water very quickly, but I > wonder if it can do it quickly enough to stop a plague of mozzies? > > To catch the mozzies a plague of spiders; to clear the spiders ...? > > -- > Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI) > Buckingham, ENGLAND > Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j How about an influx of swifts and swallows and the smaller bats to catch all the mozzies.... they're normally the ones that eat them...