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Moustique tigre : va-t-il nous pourrir l'été ?
Günter SchmidAedes albopictus: Die erste Tigermücke des Jahres 2024 ist schon bei uns im Haus aufgetaucht ...
#tigermuecke #tigermosquito #moustiquetigre #zanzaratigre #mosquitotigre #komartygrysi #nahaufnahme #closeup #insektenmakro #insectmacro #insekt #insect #makro #macrophotography
#tigermuecke #tigermosquito #moustiquetigre #zanzaratigre #mosquitotigre #komartygrysi #nahaufnahme #closeup #insektenmakro #insectmacro #insekt #insect #makro #macrophotography
Tiger mosquitos arrived by boat, and then travelled by car.
In #Italy, it was first observed in 1990, in the port of #Genoa. Most likely, it arrived in a shipment of used tyres: water accumulated inside the tyres is irresistible for female mosquitos to lay eggs.
Once ashore, they get into your car and travel on it. This diagram from Le Monde shows how their expansion follows the road network.
Full story: "Kostas and the Sterile Male Insect":
https://europeanperspective.substack.com/p/kostas-and-the-sterile-male-insect
"Kostas and the Sterile Male Insect - setting the stage for the European War on Mosquitos"
New article published in The European Perspective, just hit the "publish" button from the train!
This is the story of Kostas and Elena, who live in Northern Italy, had friends over for dinner this summer, and were drawn into a bloody battle at sundown.
https://europeanperspective.substack.com/p/kostas-and-the-sterile-male-insect
#Mosquito #EuropeanPerspective #TigerMosquito #MosquitoAlert #TropicalDiseases
Konrad Promitzer16:00 War Rad fahren an der #Mur in #Graz ca. 45 min. Bin untrainiert, also kam ich davon schon ordentlich ins Schwitzen.
(Der Bauch fühlte sich dabei permanent unangenehm an, als sei er zusammengeschnürt worden.)
Ich habe mich am Murufer auf eine Bank gesetzt und dann meine erste #Tigermücke #tigermosquito gesehen. Leider blieb ich nicht cool genug, um sie zu fotografieren.
(Der Bauch fühlte sich dabei permanent unangenehm an, als sei er zusammengeschnürt worden.)
Ich habe mich am Murufer auf eine Bank gesetzt und dann meine erste #Tigermücke #tigermosquito gesehen. Leider blieb ich nicht cool genug, um sie zu fotografieren.
Knud JahnkeAnd here in #Heidelberg we now have the Asian #TigerMosquito that could transmit #Dengue. That's 1000km to go.
Die Tigermücke scheint mittlerweile auch in Südhessen angekommen zu sein wie hier bei uns in Dieburg ...
#tigermücke #stechmücke #mosquito #tigermosquito #moustique #moustiquetigre #zanzara #zanzaratigre #mosquitotigre #komartygrysi #komar #closeup #nahaufnahme #insektenmakro #insectmacro #makrofotografie #macrophotography
#tigermücke #stechmücke #mosquito #tigermosquito #moustique #moustiquetigre #zanzara #zanzaratigre #mosquitotigre #komartygrysi #komar #closeup #nahaufnahme #insektenmakro #insectmacro #makrofotografie #macrophotography
STERILE MALES
There's a pilot project to reduce Tiger Mosquito population using the Sterile Male technique in #Bologna, Italy.
After several years of tests, since May they have released almost 2 million sterile male mosquitos in an area of 100 hectares.
Monitoring is done with ovitraps (no data yet).
The project is run by the "Centro Agricola Ambiente Giorgio Nicoli", who raise, select, and liberate the mosquitos.
Info on their site: https://www.caa.it/it/news/sit/
Nuovo progetto PaP-SIT a Bologna nel 2023 - CAA Centro Agricoltura Ambiente
Nel 2023, in collaborazione con il Comune di Bologna, il progetto pilota di lotta biologica alle zanzare con l’impiego della tecnologia SIT (Sterile Insect Technique) affiancata dalla strategia PaP (Porta-a-Porta) cambia area rispetto agli anni precedenti
STERILE MALES
No, this is not about anyone's sex life. It's about #mosquitoes.
Female mosquitos bite, males don't.
The "Sterile Insect Male" technique consists on raising and librating large numbers of sterile males. They will mate with the females. Their offspring will be sterile. As a consequence, the populations will drop.
This is a way to combat the #TigerMosquito (Aedes albopictus).
(more info follows)