Mosquito fish being used to decrease West Nile Virus mosquito population

BATON ROUGE – Mosquito abatement specialists are using fish to help with mosquito control since there has been a spike in positive West Nile samples. The Gambusia fish, also known as the mosquito fish, feed on insect larva. Stephen Hahn, mosquito abatement specialists, placed them in the back yard of a vacant home in Baton Rouge. "They''ll ll just swim around and when they see a mosquito larva, the will just eat it," Hahn said. East Baton Rouge Mosquito Contr