“I live with my racket and I atomis!”

“We live in play-lès-Tours. We are invaded by mosquitoes. Impossible to set foot outside without being devoured. We bought traps and installed mosquito nets and we no longer go out in the garden, my daughter being allergic to the bites. It has become a hell … “

Marion’s message, who came to the website of The New Republicis one of the very many reactions to our call for witnesses concerning the invasion of mosquitoes, and in particular mosquitoes, that readers have been reporting to us since the start of the summer.

Testimonies that come mainly of the agglomeration of Tours and its crown, whether in urban areas or in the countryside. With victims of recurring attacks of mosquitoes which evoke a daily nuisance turning sometimes in Calvary.

Like Olivier, from the Velpeau district in Tours, who writes to us: « At the end of the afternoon, it became unlivable. »» Our reader, supporting photo, taking your neighbor, an inflatable swimming pool filled with rump water, denounces « Gardens left almost abandoned without any maintenance ”.

Another resident of the neighborhood shares her experience: “Fifteen minutes on the terrace and six bites. Antimoustic spray at hand. The fan in the room also seems to disturb them… ”

“Fifteen minutes on the terrace and six bites”

In the Deux-lions district, in Tours, David mentions that “For the past two years now, we have been literally invaded by Tigers mosquitoes, and the situation is becoming more and more difficult to live on a daily basis. […] However, we take all the necessary precautions to avoid proliferation: no standing water, garden maintenance, etc., but that does not seem to be enough. »»

In Chambray-lès-Tours, Mathieu evokes the case of his mother who lives in the Papoterie district, including Calvary “Decurrent for three years: it has become impossible to spend more than five minutes in the garden without being devoured by mosquitoes. For thirty-seven years that my mother has lived there, it’s unprecedented. »» Like many other readers, Mathieu calls on the public authorities and first of all to the competent authorities, elected officials of the municipality and the metropolis, “To demonstrate, if possible, without the products used being harmful to our health and other insects, which are fewer and fewer.”

Let us recall that on July 10, a demoustication operation was carried out in the Petit-Clos district of Chambray-lès-Tours, near the home of a resident declared positive for dengue. The operation consisted in spraying tiger mosquitoes with an insecticide based on plants.

“You can’t even eat outside or relax”

Johanna, in Tours Nord, sent some specimens to the Parçay-Meslay environmental analysis laboratory, “Who confirmed that they were many mosquitoes present here since February! »»

Weather, vancessa Durrit “A horror” which prevents him from dinner outside “For two years” and specifies that she has « Called the town hall last year, but as long as there is no case of dengue, the ARS (regional health agency) does nothing and therefore, the town hall either … “

For Sandrine, childminder in Joué-lès-Tours: “For four years, it’s the cata!” As soon as I go out in the garden with the little ones, we are devoured. You can no longer even eat outside or relax. »»

Everyone goes there Also from his recommendations to keep or protect himself from mosquitoes. Methods that are not always conclusive. Some use the gentle, preventive method, surrounding themselves with geranium, verbena, lemongrass, thyme. Others opt for more aggressive protections, with candles, serpentines, repellents. And then there are those who use the strong way. Like Charlène, in Chambray-lès-Tours: “The incredible sockets and the strong repellant do not change anything. I live with my electric racket and I atomize them immediately! »»