We have dragonflies, water boatmen and mosquitoes in our pond. We were told the dragonfly lava were the reason our tadpoles disappeared, so why didn't they eat the mosquito lava too? Our pond is full of mystery, and we love it!
Sounds lovely How big is the pond? I guess the key is probably that you have plenty of vegetation to provide cover for everything. It's working as a natural pond should which is great to see in a garden.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I usually get bitten to death but haven't this year. My pond is a year old and I don't have any fish in it and haven't noticed any mozzies. I take antihistamines on hols and cover myself in deet but I've been using Avon Skin So Soft dry original oil for the first time this year and so far so good. Only had one bite and that was a tiny fly (saw and felt it). By the way no links to Avon just tried it to see if it would work as I don't like wearing deet based products all the time.
Someone on the forum advised me to put a bit of vegetable oil in the water butt to stop mozzies laying eggs in there but don't suppose it's feasible re a pond. Works on the water butt though.
I am horribly allergic to mossie bites as well but I have a pond with a good filter system (so moving water) and very peckish goldfish that will snap their heads out of the water to catch flying insects. And no mossie bites.
I also had newts last year, they might still be around, they are hard to spot. I have had frogs but I dont think I have any now. I have dragonflies breeding in the pond, both the red and the blue kind.
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I also had newts last year, they might still be around, they are hard to spot. I have had frogs but I dont think I have any now. I have dragonflies breeding in the pond, both the red and the blue kind.