Fear of mosquitoes

1992/03/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Nekazaritza
• Ekologia

A 3mm white fly is generating fear and concern in California. Since late last summer, groups of white mosquitoes are destroying numerous California fields.

Farmers are unlikely to face this massacre and have already seen the disaster of their orchards. Lettuce, carrots, vegetables in general and citrus are the target of mosquitoes.

Americans have called the white mosquito "superrinsects," because not all insecticides used so far have been able to cope with the massacre. The name of the mosquito is Berrisia Tabaci and lives in sawmills and gardens.

Apparently, they have arrived in Florida unexpectedly and their climatology has made them a real paradise. In addition, he has the way totally free because he has not found any enemy that will hear him.

Research against the white mosquito has already begun, but with no immediate results, California farm workers do not expect to find a short-term solution.