The mosquito travels with transports and holidaymakers. It has already been observed this year in twelve places, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) reports after reporting by the NOS. It concerns four residential areas and eight other places, such as tire companies.
Residential areas
“And then most people still have to come back from vacation,” says the NVWA. Where there were still two in 2020 and four in 2021, there were already eight where the tiger mosquito was found last year.
That was separate from other places. The increase was already linked to the increase in holiday and freight and transport traffic after corona. The growth of tiger mosquito populations in holiday countries such as Italy, France, Spain and (southern) Germany would also play a role.
The NVWA asks people to report if they see a tiger mosquito. In this way, the animals can be controlled as quickly as possible.
2023-08-04 08:25:09
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