The tire trade at the origin of the presence of the tiger mosquito in the Alpes-Maritimes

Those are cargoes of used tires that arrived from Asia several years ago, which are at the root of the arrival of the tiger mosquito in France. “A tire, when water gets in, it won’t come out”, explains Dominique Hauptman, specialist in treatment once morest the tiger mosquito. “Thus, many tiger mosquito eggs developed easily”.

We have to wait until 2004 to find the first traces of the tiger mosquito in our department.. “On the other hand, the individual notes the appearance of the insect in his garden from 2009”, adds Dominique Hauptman. And he advances in the Alpes-Maritimes, and everywhere in France, thanks to carpooling. “A car that comes back from vacation and takes two or three mosquitoes with it”, concludes Dominique Hauptman. A study relayed by our colleagues from Figaro reported 4 tiger mosquitoes for 770 cars.