rafa_font, 4 months ago to random

Kunfunadho, a tropical island resort in #Maldives 🇲🇻 has been free from mosquitos for months

Using #insecticides, so many insects were killed that local fruit and vegetable gardens were in trouble: no pollinators

Then, they switched to traps. #Mosquito disappeared

This is the work of Bart Knols, a European specialist in mosquito control. Traps by European manufacturer #Biogents

It's possible to counter the mosquito using existing tools and without insecticide

More: https://europeanperspective.substack.com/p/the-european-offensive-against-mosquitos

Typical setup of a mosquito trap: the trap on the left is a plastic hexagon with an aspirator in the middle. It's connected with a CO2 generator, in this case a plastic bottle with a fermeting solution inside.

rafa_font, 4 months ago to italy

For every 100 tiger mosquitos in #Lombardy, #Italy 🇮🇹, there are only 25 in #Ticino, #Switzerland 🇨🇭. Why?

Swiss #mosquito researchers use Lombardy as the "no intervention", control sample, when comparing results

Swiss controls work:

• Remove breeding sites (stagnant water)
• When you can't, treat water with larvicides
• Reserve #insecticides for periods of high health risks

Ever been in summer in Southern Swiss lakes? You know that it works.

From:
https://europeanperspective.substack.com/p/the-european-offensive-against-mosquitos

PLOSBiology, 7 months ago to random

#Genomes from 25 #Drosophila melanogaster #MuseumSpecimens (some >200 years old) reveal that small populations occupying N Europe gave way to well-connected fly populations across the continent; also targets of recent selection , including genes that may have helped this species adapt to novel climates, #viruses, & #insecticides. @Pool_Lab @MarcusStensmyr &co #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3tByu3b

AutisticMumTo3, 8 months ago to climate

Eliminate malaria once and for all or it will come back stronger, UN warned | Global development | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/22/eliminate-malaria-once-and-for-all-or-it-will-come-back-stronger-un-warned

#Malaria
#UN
#Insecticides
#DrugEfficacy
#Funding
#ClimateChange
#Africa
#WHO

FoucPerotin, 8 months ago to random French

Vous regardez le doc #Arte sur les #néonics et sur l’effondrement de l’#entomofaune ? Il est épatant ! il est déjà passé en juillet 2022. (j’avais fait un thread Twitter). Voyez-le sur le replay ! c’est un beau et bon doc, et cette catastrophe est LA catastrophe de la biodiversité. J’y pense tout le temps, et je ne m’en remets pas.

Spoiler : dans 95% des cas, ça sert à rien, les néonics ! 1/2

#néonicotinoïdes #insectes #biodiversité #insecticides

https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/098073-000-A/insecticide-comment-l-agrochimie-a-tue-les-insectes/