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    Default Re: Weird teeny tiny bugs and stinging/flying ant things

    I think you are correct about the larve.

    Chlorine. Shock the pool if you havn't already and then shock it again

    What are your numbers at?
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    Default Re: Weird teeny tiny bugs and stinging/flying ant things

    look like mosquito larvae to me!
    As for the ants, waves and splashing aren't going to kill them, ants can live under water for several days.
    Since ants like water, it is hard to eliminate them, it is usually only a short time span that they are a nuisance.

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    Default Re: Weird teeny tiny bugs and stinging/flying ant things

    I posted this on gardenweb too and someone suggested some sort of migratory fly eggs (maggots). I'm thinking mosquito larvae also.

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    Default Re: Weird teeny tiny bugs and stinging/flying ant things

    The larvae shouldn't hatch into worms when the chlorine is maintained at those levels.

    Maybe they are mutant chlorine resistant mosquitos!!!
    I'd still shock the daylights out of them.

    Not sure if mosquitos still try to lay eggs in a chlorinated pool but if they do it never develops.
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    New Mosquito protocol forbids laying of eggs in pool, however, mosquito can't read, so protocol is not being followed.
    Chlorine at 3-4 ppm does NOT make any difference on killing bugs, those pesky backswimmers sure don't seem to mind 10 ppm's, almost seems like they grow in it!
    You have to shock or get some Gambusia Affinis in your pool, that should do it.
    I just read something interesting, they say to use a spoon of vegetable oil in a rainbarrel to kill the mosquito larvae - theory behind this is that the larvae need to breathe and the oil will "coat' the surface of the water so their air straw cannot break through, in effect suffocating them.
    I wonder if the "solar fish" availabale at pool stores will have the same effect, essentially it does what the oil does, coat the surface with a thin layer.
    That could be a simple effective cure worth trying.
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    Default Re: Weird teeny tiny bugs and stinging/flying ant things

    After using a magnifying glass (I told you these were small), I *think* I can make out two antennae. They also seem to be able to crawl so they might have legs. And they either jump or fly because while they were up on my deck and I was using a magnifying glass, they were able to jump up and land on the glass.

    I wish my skimmer had more suction to pull them down, but that's another forum to which I'll post that question.

    springtails? silverfish? They are tan/brown and a few are almost black.

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    Do they appear to live at the waterline and jump back and forth from the water to the edge of the pool? If so, they're springtails--when I get them, I shock the $#@@ out of the pool and they go away.

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