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Introducing into standing water helps to reduce the overall mosquito population because they eat the .

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fishes
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crabs
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larvae
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microbes
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Solution

The correct options are
A fishes
C larvae
Introducing fishes into standing water is useful in controlling the breeding of mosquitoes.
The fishes feed on the larvae or the eggs led by the mosquitoes in the standing water, consequently less population of disease-spreading mosquitoes.

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