The mosquito is a dipteran insect with about 3500 species around the world.

Mosquitoes feed on nectar or pollen, but females also need blood to reproduce.

A female, after carrying out a blood meal, deposits her eggs on a water surface. Mosquito larvae are aquatic. Therefore, places with water are the ideal environment for the larvae to hatch and stay until they transform into perfect insects (thriving).

Mosquitoes, in addition to being annoying pests, can transmit very serious diseases, such as West Nile virus, dengue fever and malaria.

In Greece, the most common mosquito genera found are:

1. Culex (common mosquito)

2. Anopheles

3. Aedes (tiger mosquito)

The fight against mosquitoes is carried out by residual spraying in places where they grow and on the surfaces where mosquitoes rest.

Spraying is done with approved by the E.O.F. and from the Ministry of Rural Development & Food preparations. These preparations are odorless, do not stain and are friendly to the environment, animals and humans.

In addition, light traps with an attractant (CO2) are placed to capture thriving insects.