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Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:00 pm
by shanedaman112
I happen to have a bag of mosquito larvae because I wanted to see them under a microscope... they died some time in the middle of the night, but they still look fresh. I'm just wondering if its dangerous to feed them to crabs?
Also, I took the lens out of the microscope and figured out how to take micro pictues :)
Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:01 pm
by soilentgringa
You know, I haven't yet run across anyone feeding mosquito larvae, but if they're already dead and the crabs will eat them, you can certainly try it.
I don't see what harm they'd do.
Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:58 pm
by shanedaman112
Hopefully all goes well... I'll report back tommorrow
Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 9:31 pm
by shanedaman112
In they go!! I'll have the results in tomorrow.
Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 9:36 pm
by soilentgringa
*thumbs up*
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Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:46 pm
by shanedaman112
Big hit!
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Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:52 pm
by soilentgringa
Cool! Something different
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Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 11:40 pm
by shanedaman112
In the off chance anyone ever tries this make extra sure they are dead... I didn't think it was possible, but A few of them transformed into mosquitos even in that tiny bit of water. Luckily they didn't cause any harm or escape.
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Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:12 am
by soilentgringa
shanedaman112 wrote:In the off chance anyone ever tries this make extra sure they are dead... I didn't think it was possible, but A few of them transformed into mosquitos even in that tiny bit of water. Luckily they didn't cause any harm or escape.
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Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:15 am
by shanedaman112
Haha that was my reaction too
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Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:09 pm
by GotButterflies
You can actually buy Mosquito larvae in the frozen food section for fish
Thanks for the new food idea!
Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:33 pm
by shanedaman112
Thanks for enlightening me. I'll have to pick some up some time
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Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 9:50 am
by GotButterflies
Yw! Thank you! I just happen to know because I use it as a treat for my fish.
Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:12 pm
by hprmom
Really! Wow! Living in Florida I am so conditioned to be anti-anything-mosquito I would never have thought of it. How does one make extra sure they are dead?? What if one is not dead and a crab buries it? I'm intrigued and freaked out at the same time, lol.
Re: Mosquito larvae for food?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:02 pm
by shanedaman112
Well if they're alive they will absolutely squirm. If they don't squirm in a few minutes they're definitely dead... I live in Florida as well so I actually only had these because I was removing them from a little ditch so we could prevent some from hatching. I then decided to study one under a microscope.. Later on since I had them on hand in a bag, most of them dead I gave them to the crabs to eat.
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