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Do gambusia eat mosquitoes

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They are excellent crappie bait. Bass, catfish, bream and other fish eat them as well.

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Yes The name "mosquitofish" was given because the diet of this fish predominantly consists of large amounts of mosquito larvae, relative to body size

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