Locally available aquatic plant, namely, Utricularia aurea is an ornamental plant used in fish tanks. This plant produces bladder warts to trap aquatic organisms including mosquito larvae. This was proven in laboratory-maintained fish tanks. Results revealed that this plant can be used as a competent predator of dengue vector, Aedes aegypti larvae. 

Nayana Gunathilaka, Ravina Perera, Deepika Amarasinghe, Lahiru Udayanga

BMC Plant Biology

Abstract:- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04454-x