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El tiger mosquito
The tiger mosquito has become a priority for many municipalities, companies and private farms. They are an annoying problem and, in some cases, serious for people's health. We explain what we can do to help you fight them.
How do we carry out the treatments and prevention of tiger mosquito pests?
Strategy:
- When possible, we mechanically remove the breeding foci detected.
- Placement of traps for mass capture of adult mosquitoes.
- Treatments perimeter adulticides, when there are perimeter plant barriers.
- Use of physical measures to prevent future breeding sites
- periodic treatments about the spotlights that can be removed
Drone Strategy:
Through the use of our drones, we will carry out a series of totally pioneering treatments. We will therefore arrive at hard-to-reach areas where it can exist water accumulation and make the treatments in a precise way.
Once again, as in the rest of our drone treatments, we will carry out a application respectful with the environment and favoring in this way the conservation of indigenous biodiversity.
We will be nourished for our drone operations, from last generation technology, which we will use to carry out processes autonomous flight and area analysis to treat. Using systems artificial vision, radiometry or other types of sensors that may be accurate.
What is the tiger mosquito and what effects does it produce?
El tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) It is a kind of diptera nematócero.
It is characterized by its black color with white markings on its abdomen, chest and legs; similar to those of big cats.
They are between 5 and 10 mm long. And as with other species of mosquitoes, it is the female that bites, through her stylet. Mainly attacking mammals and birds. The blood obtained from these is used for the development of eggs as proteins.
To detect their victims, use a few small filaments it has on the sides of la proboscis to detect the carbon dioxide that they exhale (something that is used in the treatment and prevention of tiger mosquito pests, to place traps that generate this dioxide to capture them). When they bite, they use an anticoagulant substance to draw and store blood. Its bite can even be received through clothing. It is very annoying and usually occurs during the day, just when other native mosquito species are in torpor.
When the females spawn, their larvae develop in containers where there are small amounts of water, especially if they are in shady places. Plates of pots, vases and other objects containing water in gardens or similar, are ideal for their breeding and proliferation. They also use natural spaces where the water remains stagnant.
The tiger mosquito also carries out the diapause, which can occur in the embryonic stage as well as in the larval or adult stage.
Before the sting
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Bite
Finishing sting
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Finishing sting
Sting effects
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Sting effects
- They are black with numerous white stripes, similar to those of cats, hence their name
- They are between 5 and 10 mm long
- Only the female bites
- They use the blood of the victims for the correct development of the eggs, as proteins
- The detection of victims is done through filaments, which detect the CO2 exhaled by their victims
- They use an anticoagulant substance to draw and store blood
- They usually develop in areas of standing water. Also in small garden containers, like potted dishes.
- They transmit diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, West Nile virus or Chikunguña
- The tiger mosquito is included in the list of the 100 most harmful invasive alien species in the world
- In some areas of Italy, the population has changed their behavior to avoid being bitten
- Some native animal species are also affected in their behavior, to avoid being bitten
- Extended in almost all of Europe. Highlights its presence in: Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany and Hungary
- Fully pioneering treatments
- We treat areas of difficult access
- Localized application, respectful with the environment, favoring native biodiversity
Diseases that the tiger mosquito can transmit
In endemic areas, the tiger mosquito is a vector in the transmission of diseases such as:
- el dengue
- yellow fever
- el West Nile virus
- Epidemic arthritis (chikungunya)
With cases of victims where it had never been usual to find cases and with the mosquito as the architect of the different transmissions. As it was to find a victim of chikungunya in Italy in 2002, a case resulting in death from the Nile virus in Greece in 2010 and numerous cases of chikungunya in various countries in South America.
The tiger mosquito is included in the list 100 of the world's most damaging invasive alien species, according to data from the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Some sociological and anthropological studies carried out in Italy, where they have been with the problem for many years, reveal that in some areas the behavioral habits of the population have changed. People have stopped certain outdoor activities at certain times of the day, due to the numerous and painful bites to which they were subjected. The same has happened with some animal species, varying their behavior and therefore generating problems in the normal biodiversity of the area.
Origin of the invasive plague of the tiger mosquito
Undoubtedly it is a species that is becoming a paradigm of what is already being called Biological globalization, as they point out from Ecologists in Action. The treatment and prevention of tiger mosquito pests is therefore essential.
The tiger mosquito It began its journey on the European continent back in 1979, in Albania, from China. But already we can find it practically in the whole of europe. Having special incidence in Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany and Hungary.
