Tiger Mosquitoes Under Control in Cesena

Turin, March 9, 2009. From March 9 to 13 the 5th European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) Workshop takes place in Turin, Italy. Amongst many interesting papers being presented is also a tiger mosquito study that ran in Cesena, Italy, from June to October last year. This study demonstrates how the Biogents tiger mosquito trap kept the tiger mosquito population under control in the test areas of Cesena whilst the tiger mosquito population increased dramatically during the warm summer months in other areas of Cesena that were not protected by the Biogents tiger mosquito trap.

The results were presented at the  5th European Mosquito Control Association Workshop, Turin, Italy. (Engelbrecht et al. (2009) Continuous trapping of adult Asian tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) with BG-Sentinel traps reduced the human landing rate and density indices in an urban environment in Cesena, Italy. Oral presentation at the 5th European Mosquito Control Association Workshop, Turin, Italy, 12 March 2009. Session 10.5.)

To view the video of the presentation, click here and then on "8. Christian_Engelbrecht" on the left of the screen that appears.