# "The mosquito bucket of doom works" by dominicq

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Published: 2026-07-15T06:15:34+00:00
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The mosquito bucket of doom is a population control mechanism where you dissolve some Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) into a bucket and allow the mosquitoes to lay eggs in these buckets. The larvae then feed on Bti and die. I tried this method, and it has been unexpectedly effective. Background I live in a really wooded area. It's not swampy, but we have a lot of mosquitoes. I didn’t take the baseline measurements in the previous years, but on hot months like June, July, Aug...

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