Petra van Cronenburg
When I once told someone that I am a #writer the answer was: "Such a beautiful life sitting at the pool and having ideas!" Well, meanwhile I am so rich #ironyAlarm that I have three inspiring (!) swimming pools: a very sophisticated one mainly for #wasps, the other ones for #birds, #insects, and #small #mammals. And I work hard as a pool girl to fill them during #heatwave and #drought. #biodiversity #ReconnectWithNature #water #gardening #naturelovers #birdbath #WateringHole
Jun 12, 2023 at 1:30pmWeb
Show threadRicós has movedJun 12, 2023
@NatureMC Don't you get mosquitoes there? If I let a drop of water unattended, I get 5 billion mosquito larvae instantly.
Show threadcohanJun 12, 2023
@enriquericos @NatureMC oddly, considering we have a lot of mosquitoes most years (not many this year, as spring has been drier than usual), I have never seen larvae in the many water things I have around- and I look often(some are just buckets there for other reasons that catch rainwater by chance, some saved for plants, some for birds/insects- I still try to empty/refresh often, just in case). I think here they seem to prefer natural wetlands to lay eggs ( we have those all around).
Show threadRicós has movedJun 12, 2023
@cohanf @NatureMC I'm careful not to overwater my plants, but my neighbors aren't. And there's always a faulty street sewer, the leaking pipe from the car-wash, badly designed parks... there's plenty of mismanaged water in this city, so the little vampires don't even need rain anymore. Combine that with warmer weather and the growing population of tiger mosquitoes that can breed in shallower puddles... and things are getting ridiculous here, I'm seeing mosquitoes even in winter
Show threadcohanJun 12, 2023
@enriquericos @NatureMC yikes. Yeah, i can imagine your winter isn't much of a deterrent, depending on the species-- we usually get the first ones flying while there is still snow on the ground in places!
Show threadcohanJun 12, 2023
@enriquericos @NatureMC do you have mosquito borne diseases in your area?
Show threadRicós has movedJun 12, 2023
@cohanf @NatureMC Winter used to be a deterrent, but things are changing.
And I'm keeping an eye on new diseases but I guess we still don't have anything significant. Some scares with Zika and Chikungunya, I think. But the vectors are here, I'm afraid it's a matter of time.
How about your area?
Show threadcohanJun 13, 2023
@enriquericos @NatureMC only possibly West Nile, but the species for that is supposed to need a week of 30C+ and we've never had that in my immediate area...southern parts of the province and various other parts of the country, yes.
Show threadRicós has movedJun 13, 2023
@cohanf @NatureMC I forgot about WN, it's endemic here and we've had a few human deaths. Crossing my fingers so the number stays low.
Show threadneville parkJun 13, 2023
@NatureMC I love the little ramp