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Mosquitos are tend to lay their eggs on standing water, so while pouring oil in pits and other stagnant water bodies reduce the chances of developing mosquitos, also spraying oil layer on water decrease the suface tension of water so whenever mosquitos try to sit on the top layer of water they just get sink and die.

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Q: To get rid of the mosquitos why do environment officers spray oil on the surface of the water?
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