“The Buzzing Return of Mosquitoes in Schiedam: Tips to Avoid the Irritation”

by Nick van Herk

It is small, fast and causes a lot of irritation for Schiedammers: the mosquito. With the warm and humid weather, a huge increase in the prickly animal is expected. An increase that not everyone is waiting for. “They bit me a lot.”

According to Geert van Poelgeest, it is logical that more Schiedammers are being tested at the moment. Van Poelgeest is chairman of the Delfland Association for Field Biology and is increasingly reporting the mosquito. “That’s the time of year. The winter is over and now the mosquitoes are coming out.” According to Van Poelgeest, the population of mosquitoes is now increasing rapidly. “Of course it was quite chilly. If you then get a higher temperature, nature develops faster, so you get an accumulation of species.”

In Schiedam, the mosquito mainly causes irritation. A passer-by says he has been bitten by a mosquito several times. Van Poelgeest has a number of easy tips for Schiedammers who suffer from the creature: “Mosquitoes love stagnant water. If you see a bucket or watering can with water, empty it. I also don’t like it when there are a thousand mosquitoes in my house. That doesn’t happen either because we have placed a screen in our window. Very simple.”