After a successful trial last year, sterile male mosquitoes are being released again in Ticino in the fight against the tiger mosquito
Since last year, a new method has been used to combat the dreaded tiger mosquito in a small area in southern Ticino. With the use of sterilized male mosquitoes. The current evaluation of the data shows: With this new method, the population of tiger mosquitoes was reduced by 67 percent. So has the fight against the tiger mosquito reached its goal?