2023-08-03 18:24:00
The same enemy but different means to try to defeat him. Depending on the Vaucluse municipalities, the fight against the tiger mosquito differs. In Sorgues, the municipality installed three mosquito traps in 2016, including one at the Le Ronquet autonomy residence where the course of the river passes through the garden. The principle ? The terminal attracts the female mosquito by simulating the human presence by the diffusion of recycled CO2 and an olfactory lure. She then captures it by suction.
Mosquito traps, effective within a radius of about 50 meters
“I’m very satisfied with it,” says Lucette Perez, 78, a resident since January. Often outside to walk her dog Ulysses, she finds that there are “fewer mosquitoes than before”. This year, the city has expanded its system to five terminals and has placed them on sites where there are…
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