Green Space Nature Activity
Date(s) - 06/28/2026
12:30 pm Categories
MOSQUITO BUCKET OF DOOM!
I assume we will have had rain by June. Mosquitoes will be out and about, looking for blood. After a good meal, female mosquitoes find a place to lay eggs. They like still water, a little on the scuzzy side for this purpose. The larvae hatch and start eating algae and infusia in the water.
The larvae will grow, and metamorphosize to become more blood sucking adults. But no! That is where the “doom” part comes to play. The water will be treated with mosquito dunks that release BTI. BTI is an abbreviation for a long latin name (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis). Anyway, BTI is a bacteria that kills mosquito larvae. No poison!
BTI does not attack any other organism. It preys only on mosquito larvae. This solution is non-toxic, unless you are mosquito larvae and in that case you are probably not reading this.
Materials provided:
- 5 gallon plastic bucket
- 1 mosquito dunk, divided into 4 pieces (one piece lasts a month)
- Water to fill ½ full, do this at home
- A stick as an escape ladder for anything that falls in, or bees wanting to drink
- Some leaves or grass clipping to make the water biologically active
Location
Treehouse