Thirty Thousand Mosquitoes Released in Lisbon in Experimental Project

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The freed mosquitoes belong to the species 'Aedes albopictus', known as the Asian-Tiger mosquito, and which, "because they are males", do not sting, since only females need blood.

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Thirty thousand sterile male mosquitoes will be released today in the Lisbon parish of Alvalade, in a first phase of an experimental project that aims to reduce the population of the Asian-Tiger mosquito, explained to the agency Lusa one of the responsible. The content thirty thousand sterile mosquitoes released in Lisbon in experimental project appears first in Folha Nacional.

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New phase of an experimental project starts this Thursday, September 24.

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Liberation takes place this Thursday in Alvalade and is part of an experimental project