In The Spotlight
Dragonfly Pond Works Highlighted in East County Observer
“Mind Your Midges & Mosquitos”
Dragonflies can scratch off 300 midge flies in a day. What is a Midge Fly? Aquatic midge flies are non-biting insects found in lakes and ponds. They are a food source for other insects and a variety of fish, but their populations grow exponentially in water that is high in nutrients and bottom muck, and low in oxygen. Swarms tend to be worse in spring and early fall and they are attracted to lights around houses and businesses at night.
Greenbrook Fields resident Sharon Niel and her neighbors hope the dragonflies will ward off the midge fly populations that have been growing in their pond for the last four years. When Niel heads to her backyard, it’s never without a hat and sunglasses. Hundreds of midge flies lift out of the grass when she walks through her backyard. “They go in your eyes, your ears and your nose,” she said. “If you’re talking, they go in your mouth. It makes you feel itchy all over”.
Paul Chetlain, director of operations for Lakewood Ranch
Town Hall said the department is working to address the midge fly problem. A multi-part chemical treatment was applied to Niel’s pond over the summer, although Niel has not noticed a difference.
Dragonflies ….They’re coming to a pond near you. “They eat mosquitoes at a rate of 300 a day”, said Arthur Quinby, spokesman for pond maintenance contractor Dragonfly Pond
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