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Tigatrapp is the project that has been designed within the Catch the tiger initiative to allow the public to collaborate in this study to locate areas of settlement of this type of insect that in recent years has invaded the region.
On Wednesday a few training workshops were organized to handle this tool
Small, dark black color with a characteristic white stripe on the chest and head.
Here's the tiger mosquito, an insect species in recent years, since 2011, lives in our region and annoying your neighbors during the day outdoors.
Differentiate the common mosquito and locate settlement areas are the keys Tigatrapp, a free mobile application in which the city from this June may assist in the detection of this animal annoying.
It is an initiative that is part of the Catch Project Tiger, led by the Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CSIC) and the University of Murcia, with the collaboration of the Department of Health of the City of Cartagena, which this year for the first time been included in the campaign of pest control is performed with the arrival of summer.
Citizen cooperation plays an important role to alleviate this problem, because with this app designed for Android and Iphone experts to help draw a more accurate map of the tiger mosquito settlements throughout the Spanish geography and, in particular, in the Region.
With the objective of this tool is better known, those responsible for the application being made ​​use workshops to teach and also know the physiognomy and behavior of this insect.
Wednesday Youth Resource Center of Cartagena welcomed this activity throughout the day in which the participants could observe under the microscope this point the tiger mosquito or expert recommendations to prevent this insect breeds in our surroundings. Should be controlling their expansion and citizens can collaborate with some simple steps avoiding small accumulations of water, explained yesterday Francisco Collantes, a professor at the University of Murcia.
POINT TO AVOID A RECAP
à ‰ hese are some of the recommendations to be taken into account to avoid breeding points: Do not leave pots or containers with water outside;
put toys;
flip unused containers;
continually change the water in your pet and pots;
prevent any accumulation of water;
not cause puddles or drips;
and seal up all outdoor containers and garbage bags.
The coastal strip and the garden of Murcia are the areas where these insects proliferate more whose bite usually has a little more serious than the mosquito to which we are accustomed reaction.
In these cases, the usual repellents are usually not very effective and after the bite, it is best to use a product with ammonia and if more severe, see a doctor, advised Wednesday Simone Mariani, head of Tigatrapp and XATRAC Environmental Partnership with David Alonso, who also teaches this workshop.
Although it depends on the person and may affect a greater or lesser intensity.
Not only is the discomfort of the sting itself, but the possible diseases that can transmit and already being a real problem in other countries, he added.
Hence identify to know to prevent further spread is essential and with a click citizens can do so by downloading the application on Google Play and App Store.
With Tigatrapp claim we make people aware of what the tiger mosquito or contains a false image of this species, clarified Mariani.
Thus, the data obtained from the application of scientific experts ratify its presence in the places indicated by the citizens.
That application information is available on the web: http://atrapaeltigre.com/web/
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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