Loko17
Fish Addict
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Well recently I set up a bucket in the woods so I could collect misquito larvae everyday for food for my Killi. Everyday I go out with a turkey baster and a jar and collect 20 or so larvae each day then I bring them inside and add them to the jar with some larvae I already have up in my room and everyday I feed my killie a few live larvae twice a day and when I'm done I put a tissue on top of the jar with a rubberband and I always think "I'll be fine without the tissue but I'll do it anyways". Well this morning I decided I'd go and eat breakfast before I fed my fish then I got on here and read a few posts then went upstairs for feeding, well when I get to my killifish I look in the jar with larvae and theres 2 misquitos! I was thinking how lucky I was that I put that tissue lid on but then I did something stupid, I took the lid off to hopefully feed the mature misquito to my fish and they flew away into my house! Now I know I havent been bitten but I feel all itchy . I'm just hoping those were male misquitos because only the females bite. I was so surprised because i read online that they are larvae for like a week then turn into this pupae thing and stay on the top, then I realised just as I was writing this that I had been mistakeing the pupae things for seperate organisms. Lol I guess I'll have to feed the pupae as soon as I get them next time. For all of you that collect misquito larvae to feed, watch out for the little stubby looking things, they're the pupae.