Medica Jadertina, Vol. 40 No. 1-2, 2010.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Presence and spreading of the Asian Tiger Mosquito Stegomyia albopicta (Aedes albopictus) along the western coast and the Istrian inland
Nenad Ferenčić
; Eko servis Matić, Pazin
Aleksandar Racz
orcid.org/0000-0002-3118-2623
; Zdravstveno veleučilište Zagreb
Sažetak
The aim of this paper was to check the presence of the Stegomyia albopicta mosquito in towns on the western Istrian coast (Rovinj, Poreč) and to detect the possible spreading towards the Istrian peninsula inland (Pazin). Monitoring was carried out by setting artificial nests (ovitraps) on 32 locations both in the towns of Poreč and Rovinj, where the presence of Stegomyia albopicta has already been recorded, as well as on 16 locations in the Pazin area, where the mosquito has not been recorded yet. During 5 months of monitoring (June, July, August, September and October of 2008) the total of 80 ovitraps were set up every month, which adds up to 400 traps in the aforementioned three towns.
In the Rovinj area 30% of traps showed a positive finding in a range of 21.9% - 37.5 %. Out of 48 positive findings, as much as 21 traps (42.3%) showed positive finding for the first time. In the Poreč area
26.9% of traps showed positive finding in a range of 15.6% - 34.4%. Out of 43 positive results, positive finding on that location was recorded in as much as 19 traps (42.5%), which clearly supports both the settling of mosquitoes on the already known location, and the displacing of other mosquito types from their domicile area. The case of 4 traps (5%) in the Town of Pazin area was the first positive finding recorded so deep in the Istrian inland. T e spreading of the species indicates the insufficiency of measures undertaken so far, thus the priority in fighting this mosquito should be given to professional disinfectors in Istria, since the fighting of this species requires a coordinated and permanent everyday presence of field disinfectors.
Ključne riječi
entomology; mosquitoes; mosquito control; Asian Tiger Mosquito; Aedes albopictus
Hrčak ID:
57595
URI
Datum izdavanja:
19.8.2010.
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