[nicd]

This assumes that the new ponds will pull mosquitoes away from existing ponds. Is this true? (Maybe mosquitoes are limited by suitable breeding grounds, and introducing decoys could have no effect.)

[avar]

If you get mosquito larva in your honeypot pond it is a suitable breeding ground as far as the mosquito is concerned.

So this would work for the same reason the more high-tech release of sterile mosquitos works, it robs them of a breeding opportunity.

But perhaps I'm misunderstanding your question...

[Waterluvian]

I think the question is about if there’s an upper bound on mosquito reproduction and if you can “steal” a chunk of that and kill it. Or if you’re really just making even more mosquitos overall and your culling doesn’t actually change the bottom line.