Valencia City Council explains the reason for the release of 1.3 million tiger mosquitoes

Release sterile tiger mosquitoes in Valencia. This project will be developed during 2024 in the city of Valencia with the aim of reducing the population of this species. Carrier of various viral diseases. The initiative was supportedto the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in collaboration with Valencia City Council And Delegation of Health and Consumers.

The method consists of male breeding tiger mosquitothat do not bite, they are sterilized and released to mate with wild females and thus produce non-viable eggs. and stop its production. From this month until the end of the year 1.3 million insects will be released.

Actually release 45,000 mosquitoes tigers for a week. Health and Consumer Affairs Advisor José Vicente Gozalbez appeared at the first edition of insects, which “aims to combat the spread of disease in green areas with high population density”. In this sense, “This is another measure to stop the plague of tiger mosquitoes, which we must stop before local cases of diseases such as Dengue or Zika arise.”.

The mayor emphasized that this “Male mosquitoes that do not bite the population, but are very effective in helping to eradicate tiger mosquitoes as well as their spread.”. The adviser stated that “This is a direct fight against the tiger mosquito. These mosquitoes we are releasing, and the thousands that will be released in the coming weeks and months, do not bite, so the more they are released the better, the more it helps against the tiger. mosquito”.