2023-07-24 13:15:00
With the return of rain and humidity, mosquitoes might return in number. Many people are prime prey for mosquitoes. “It is absurd. This year, we get eaten all the time“, says a woman interviewed in Liège.
The heat, mixed with the precipitation that has fallen in recent days, should allow mosquitoes to multiply. Water points are particularly conducive to their development. “We will have high temperatures and therefore a cycle that will be quite short and stagnant water following precipitation which is really the place to be able to reproduce and have a lot of mosquito larvae“, explains Frédéric Francis, professor of entomology at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech.
Adult, the mosquito can live up to 1 month and its proliferation can be exponential, because a female is capable of laying regarding thirty eggs per day.
How to avoid being stung?
“The first thing is not to have stagnant water outside which avoids having larvae and future adults. Then, for adult mosquitoes, use mosquito nets, limit the light that attracts them and use some effective repellents“, advises Frédéric Francis.
There are several types of repellents in pharmacies. In the event of an allergic reaction, antihistamine treatment, cortisone treatment and in some cases antibiotics may be recommended.
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