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Increasing incidents and warnings concerning mosquitoes in recent years has led from the Department of Quality of Life, Health, Consumer Affairs and Environment of the City of Cartagena adopt a series of new measures to facilitate the control and monitoring of this invasive species.
This morning was presented the summary of pest control 2015 and lines of action being made in this 2016 by the councilor for the Quality of Life, Francisco Calderon, head of Health Promotion and Laboratory City Council Cartagena, Maria Jose Hernandez and coach the company responsible for pest control, Jose Morales.
In control data performed in the past year, in reference to the plague gulls and pigeons it is less latent in downtown areas.
However, since 2012 the mosquito has been increasing, leading in 2015 the percentage by number of incidents, followed by rats, fleas and ticks or cockroaches.
Therefore, for this 2016 they are performing a series of actions intended to control this invasive species, brochures, lectures and visits door to door.
In addition, whether you are performing a network control and supervisory control measures by biocides with Bacillus thuringiensis that respects the environment.
The tiger mosquito have 80-90% of cases breeding foci particular properties that can not access the authorities in the outdoor areas of homes and courtyards or terraces.
For this reason, the City Council is to sensitize the public in an informative and formativapara way to be reminded and identify these foci breeding and alert to control that focus.
To this end and in order to conduct surveys to facilitate an improvement of this control will be door-to-door to citizens so they can transmit their demands, from this May until the end of the year.
In addition, through the website of the City of Cartagena you can perform the procedure for dealing with incidents related to pest control, via the Internet in the electronic office or phone 968 57 December 89.
The head of Health Promotion and Laboratory of the City of Cartagena, María José Hernández, has insisted laimportancia has to the citizen through the platforms there to communicate the need or interest having your home visit, we do do so can be established relative order regarding the visits are to be made and give the guarantee of the success of this action.
Critical areas affected by the Asian tiger mosquito are in first place Isla Plana - La Azohía, followed by Canteras or the trough to Tentegorra area and in summer in Cabo de Palos and La Manga.
Currently in Spain the only problem caused by this mosquito is the discomfort of their bites and allergic reactions that can produce greater than those of the common mosquitoes, limiting leisure sports or performing abroad.
NEW MOSQUITO TRAPS
At the press conference presenting the new lines of action, has shown a new mosquito trap also catch the eggs of this species, it prevents the female to leave the recipientequedando trapped.
This is achieved with a new cap that is included in this container black, trying with this new trap greater control of the pest, installing about 300 of these instruments in the affected areas.
TIPS TO AVOID SPOTS BREEDING
To prevent the female lays her eggs in particular properties as containers that accumulate small amounts of water, there have been a number of recommendations to prevent outbreaks of mosquito breeding tiger:
- Do not leave pots or containers gua abroad
- Save toys and flip unused containers
- Continuously Changing water your pet and your pots
- Avoid any accumulation of water
- Do not cause waterlogging or drippings
- Close well all containers have outside and garbage bags
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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