A novel environmental friendly mosquito control strategy without chemical use

Abstract

The emergence and rapid spread of environmental pollution and insecticide resistance undermine the current mosquito control strategies. There is a global consent that new tactics are needed to suppress mosquito densities especially in areas of high insecticide resistance. The present opinion introduces a completely novel idea to attract mosquitoes to lay eggs in man-made breeding sites where they will be monitored at regular interval and developing stages will be destroyed before adult emergence. This may prove a safest mosquito control measure and will have a huge impact on our strategies for mosquito management without causing environmental pollution.