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Originally Posted by hsgbdmama
But with the standing water, doesn't that attract mosquitos?
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That's the reason for the screening. It keeps the bugs out. Mosquitos are always hanging around standing water because that's where they were hatched. If you prevent the first bugs from laying eggs in the water, you won't have a mosquito cloud over your barrel. If you can't screen it effectively enough, but really need the rain water, you can add stuff to the water to kill them, or prevent them from hatching, but I don't know how many natural or safe options there are for that.