Tropical Zone Gardening: Mosquito repellant, 1 by Metrosideros

Metrosideros wrote:
There are lots of mosquitos here. Our basic health rules for them are to keep buckets dumped, and try to avoid having standing water around.

We have had dengue fever scares, and human malaria is always on the minds of health officials.

Interestingly, I have a weed in my water gardens that is a carnivorous plant, which I have just identified (minutes ago!) as Utricularia gibba subsp. exoleta. Now I know why I don't see mosquito larvae in my ponds.