We work with a variety of man-made and natural containers in our pursuit of understanding the ecology of medically important mosquitoes. I’ve personally seen mosquito larvae in some odd man-made containers, including empty oil drums, tarps, and soda cans, but a new article in this month’s Journal of Vector Ecology looked at mosquitoes and their predators in water holding jars around homes in Vietnam (here). These jars are often necessary to have if you want clean drinking water or in places under drought conditions, water period. The authors (including a friend of mine, Shin-ya Ohba) looked at predators in these vessels and found quite a variety of things than wish to eat mosquitoes. This got me thinking about storage jars….
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