The hunt for the tiger mosquito intensifies: “Today, the transmission of diseases is a reality”

2023-07-11 00:12:17

Near a green bush, Thibaut pulls up his pants, revealing his right calf. “The meal is served,” he jokes. On this late morning shrouded in heat, the research technician literally serves as “bait”. Consumers are not asked, or rather consumers, because in the population of tiger mosquitoes, as with all mosquitoes, blood-based dishes are an exclusive affair of females!