Mosquitoes were found at the CUBE LOCALITY LAB The Mall
Kanpur.
We mainly found Asian Tiger Mosquito also known as Aedes Albopictus which can be clearly identified with a line like structure in its thorax region. We also found The Yellow Fever Mosquito also known as Aedes Aegypti which can be identified by lyre like structure on its thorax region.
Mosquito Spot of breeding outdoor was water accumulation in plant pot tray and containers. Indoor refrigerator water containers.
Some mosquito which we found in the locality lab area
Are you taking precautions before taking pictures of them.
Please make a list of precautionary measures needed to be taken before observing or trapping mosquitoes?
Are you maintaining any record of in which season there are maximum dengue causing aedes , are found, in which malaria causing mosquitoes are found and so on…
Why not try to identify their species with their wing vibrations sound and with the help of program developed by Indian born Stanford based scientist Manu Prakash`s abuzz.stanford.edu
@rahil.bhai_007 great to have listed these precautions.
Are you also looking in which season which mosquitoes are prevalent?
Do you have any data regarding it?
This could be a great project if done across the year.
Also which are the places where there are more mosquitoes? are they correlating with the occurrence of mosquito-borne diseases? have you looked at malaria or dengue data from any government websites? is it correlating with it can be looked at…
1.The season in which i have deserved most of the mosquito breeding is the rainy season in kanpur and the rains are still prevalent .
2.This month in our area i have only collected around two to three sample in a day between the time 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in our Cube Locality Lab. we have found 12 aedes albopictus and 2 aedes aegypti mosquitoes and the hunt is still on!
3.In outdoor plant pot areas and in so places where rain water is accumulated.
4. Yes! they are correlating because they spread vector borne diseases.
5. HERE IS A Reference on the data collected by the government in THE YEARS 2010-16 in the state of ODISHA
REFERENCE : Distribution of and associated factors for dengue burden in the state of Odisha, India during 2010–2016 - PMC
I think we need more data from our side to correlate both of the data’s.
Well, if permethrin is acting as a repellent to the mosquitoes, can it also affect us too by any chance at a small level ? Does it affect so ? Is it really safe if we treat our clothes with permethrin everyday just to avoid mosquitoes?
It says Permethrin , when used as an insect repellent , is used on clothing only , not on skin. YES! Permethrin is an important part of a safe and effective mosquito prevention program
If used on the clothing , then too it is coming in contact with the skin …If permethrin is causing irritation or burning etc why to use such things …instead aren’t any other alternatives for permethrin?
The team of researchers found that coconut oil compounds can repel biting flies and bed bugs for two weeks, while against ticks their repellence was effective for at least one week. Topical application of high concentration of coconut oil can also repel mosquitoes and prevent potentially fatal mosquito bites
