Larvae Quotes

Within 18 months, you can't even tell where the mats are because there are so many oysters. The mats act as substrate for the larvae to settle on. - Anne Birch

They have so much more water to breed in. Then 10 days after that, it takes larvae 10 to 20 days to become adult mosquito. - Scott Gibbs

It is not at all far fetched to be concerned about zebra mussels in Montana. Zebra mussels are aquatic hitchhikers. They can survive long periods of time as larvae found in residual water in a boat, or as adults attached to the boat. Once they infest a system, there is no feasible alternative to stop their progress. - Mike Koopal

If you want to control mosquitoes, you have to hit them where they're breeding. You have to control the larvae. - David Gaines

If the water is turbulent, the mosquito larvae won't make it to the top to suck in air. - James Wright

How a farmer controls corn rootworm in Indiana really depends on what sort of pest pressure they face. In southern Indiana, most farmers wouldn't treat for it at all because there are very few corn rootworm larvae in that part of the state. In the moderate region in northeast and central Indiana, farmers may use soil insecticides or seed treatments for control. In the high pressure northwest corner of Indiana, most farmers use soil insecticides and some use seed treatments. - Corinne Alexander

And this led to an observation decades ago -- which was key -- that adult lamprey must be selective in how they pick streams... They only pick a few, and if you remove the larvae they don't seem to go in there. - Peter Sorensen

A yearly entrainment of approximately 53 million fish, eggs and larvae is a significant adverse impact to the Hudson River fishery. - John Ferguson