They returned. And it is not for the happiness of the inhabitants who undergo them. In April, mosquitoes returned to the south of mainland France. And sometimes, in force. According to the operator responsible for the fight against harmful mosquitoes in the south of France, the EID Mediterranean, several departments are affected by various degrees ” by risks of nuisance »Linked to mosquitoes. At a glance, visualize our map of metropolitan France on the presence of the mosquito in this spring 2025.
The departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard, Hérault and Aude are affected by the more or less strong presence of mosquitoes. According to the EID Méditerranée, the municipalities of Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, Le Grau-du-Roi, Lespignan, Vendres, Vic-la-Gardiole, Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône and Arles are the most affected by a “strong risk of nuisance” linked to these insects.
The mosquito hunt opens in winter to avoid peaks in invasion of mosquitoes in the spring. And not only in the south of metropolitan France. In several wetlands in the north of the Aube and the south of the Marne, the Water Syndicate of Aube made a few February 17 and 18 Demonstication campaignespecially by helicopter, according to East lightning. With climate change, and mild and humid winters, demustication campaigns could become more and more early.
As for the invasion of mosquitoes vectors of illness in Reunion, the situation is currently worrying. The chikungunya epidemic continues to progress on the island, with nearly 100,000 inhabitants having contracted the virus. Two people died.
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From this Tuesday, 120 soldiers from the armed forces of the southern Indian Ocean area are deployed to conduct cleaning and destruction operations of larval lodgings in the most difficult to access areas – ravines, fallow land and landlocked areas – of the north and southern sectors of the island, A announced the regional health agency from Reunion. In total, more than 700 people mobilized to combat the epidemic of Chikungunya, specifies the organization.
