Hardly Bothered by Mosquito Bites or Buzzing? Fewer Mosquitoes in a Dry and Hot Summer

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Due to the warm and dry summer, mosquito nuisance was low, according to reports from Muggenradar. That does not mean that the risk of transmissible viruses such as West Nile is decreasing, says researcher Arnold van Vliet.

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You may have waved a fly swatter around incessantly less often this summer and turned on your phone's flashlight at night to shine on the walls and ceiling. There was relatively little mosquito nuisance in the Netherlands this summer, writes Nature Today. Wageningen University draws this conclusion based on reports received this summer via Muggenradar.nl, a project launched ten years ago to map mosquito nuisance. People can indicate whether the…

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This summer saw relatively little mosquito nuisance, reports the website Nature Today. According to researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), this is likely due to the extreme drought and high temperatures of recent times.

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WAGENINGEN (ANP) - This summer saw relatively little mosquito nuisance, reports the website Nature Today. According to researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), this is likely due to the extreme drought and high temperatures of recent times. The so-called mosquito nuisance index, which the unde...