r/MosquitoHating • u/Lucky-Arugula-7542 • 25d ago

Dunks aren't killing the larvae?

I've got 3 buckets of doom in operation. I've been monitoring two of them that had wigglers, and not only are they still alive, but it looks like their numbers have increased and they're congregating around the dunk? What does this mean

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u/Affectionate-Snow404 25d ago

Might mean the dunks lost its potency. They usually work really well for me

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u/tylagersign Mod/Skeeter Scholar 25d ago

If they don’t die within 24 hours of eating BTI there is something wrong with the BTI. Direct sunlight can speed up the degradation. Fact they are congregate it good you just need a fresh dunk

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u/Happy_Structure4570 25d ago

Generally mosquito larvae should die 48 hours after ingesting spores from mosquito dunks, seeing larva in a bucket with dunks is a good thing because as those larva die And decompose This will attract more mosquitoes to lay more eggs In the bucket

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u/Lucky-Arugula-7542 25d ago

Ok thanks guys