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Mosquitoes Invade Spain: a Map Reveals that They Are Already in 22% of the Municipalities
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Three invasive mosquitoes are expanding in Spain and already affects 22% of the municipalities of our country, according to the first distribution map made that has been published more than twenty years after the first detection of tiger mosquito in our territory.The study published in the journal Insects, presents the expansion of three invasive species of this insect at the municipal level in the country.The work, which collects two decades of…
Since its first detection in Spain, in 2004, the tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) has extended its presence to 1,768 municipalities today. If compared to the total territorial, this insect potentially carrying serious diseases for humans is only present in 22% of the municipalities of the country but the concern can not be minor because, in reality, on the surface already invaded by this insect biter lives 66% of the Spanish population.Continue…
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