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Mosquitoes in Italy
On Wed, 24 Jun 2015, shazi wrote:
according to my experience mosquito is a problem of asia strange to know that it does exist in italy It depends what you mean ... mosq-uito means "little fly" in Spanish ("mosca", latin "musca" is "fly" in Italian). You probably mean the biting and buzzing insect which in Italian is called "zanzara" (and may correspond to various species, Culex, Aedes, Anopheles etc.). It might be confused with Italian "moscerino" (which is a sort of diminutive of "mosca", "fly", smaller, annoying but usually not biting), which should correspond to "midges", the little insects found e.g. in humid areas in Canada or Scandinavia (like Iceland where lake Myvatn takes its name from them). A run on wikipedia toggling among various languages can be instructive. "zanzare" do exist in Italy, particularly in humid areas. They are mostly of the species Culex (the complete name "culex pipiens molestus" is very appropriate ... "annoying biting mosquito"). There are disinfection campaigns done in late spring in cities in places where water stagnates. Recently there have been sights of what is called here "zanzara tigre" (tiger mosquito), which should be Aedes Aegypti, so not of local origin. Not sure if dangerous, possibly annoying ... it is said to bite also during daytime, contrary to the other mosquitos. Dante himself has a verse about "l'ora in cui la mosca cede alla zanzara" ("the hour when flies give way to mosquitos"), referring to sunset. In fact when I used to camp in the Alps at 1800 m in a narrow valley, as soon as the sun went behind the mountain tops, mosquitos replaced flies. The Anopheles mosquitos, which carried malaria, were diffuse in the past in swampy areas like Maremma (southern Tuscany) and Paludi Pontine (south of Rome), but the areas were dried during the fascist regime, and the anopheles finally eradicated after WWII. |
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On 6/25/15 1:37 AM, Giovanni Drogo wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jun 2015, shazi wrote: according to my experience mosquito is a problem of asia strange to know that it does exist in italy It depends what you mean ... mosq-uito means "little fly" in Spanish ("mosca", latin "musca" is "fly" in Italian). You probably mean the biting and buzzing insect which in Italian is called "zanzara" (and may correspond to various species, Culex, Aedes, Anopheles etc.). It might be confused with Italian "moscerino" (which is a sort of diminutive of "mosca", "fly", smaller, annoying but usually not biting), which should correspond to "midges", the little insects found e.g. in humid areas in Canada or Scandinavia (like Iceland where lake Myvatn takes its name from them). A run on wikipedia toggling among various languages can be instructive. "zanzare" do exist in Italy, particularly in humid areas. They are mostly of the species Culex (the complete name "culex pipiens molestus" is very appropriate ... "annoying biting mosquito"). There are disinfection campaigns done in late spring in cities in places where water stagnates. Recently there have been sights of what is called here "zanzara tigre" (tiger mosquito), which should be Aedes Aegypti, so not of local origin. Not sure if dangerous, possibly annoying ... it is said to bite also during daytime, contrary to the other mosquitos. Dante himself has a verse about "l'ora in cui la mosca cede alla zanzara" ("the hour when flies give way to mosquitos"), referring to sunset. In fact when I used to camp in the Alps at 1800 m in a narrow valley, as soon as the sun went behind the mountain tops, mosquitos replaced flies. The Anopheles mosquitos, which carried malaria, were diffuse in the past in swampy areas like Maremma (southern Tuscany) and Paludi Pontine (south of Rome), but the areas were dried during the fascist regime, and the anopheles finally eradicated after WWII. Mosquitoes are mainly an annoyance. More serious are deer ticks. Travel guides on the Dolomiti would warn about taking measures to prevent Lyme disease or getting treated if you suspect symptoms. |
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On 6/26/15 1:31 AM, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 23:20:15 -0700, poldy wrote: On 6/25/15 1:37 AM, Giovanni Drogo wrote: On Wed, 24 Jun 2015, shazi wrote: Mosquitoes are mainly an annoyance. Mosquitoes carry serious diseases too. There was no shortage of bighting mosquitoes, when I used to visit Milan in summer. I used to visit the Milan suburb of Vimodrone. More serious are deer ticks. Travel guides on the Dolomiti would warn about taking measures to prevent Lyme disease or getting treated if you suspect symptoms. True West Nile and other serious diseases are something to be concerned about. But at least mosquitoes are easier to detect than ticks, which you're vulnerable to if you walk through brush in the mountains, in the day time. Plus, early detection and treatment of Lyme disease is critical, as the consequences for failure to do so are pretty serious. |
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On 06-01-2015 16:34, poldy wrote:
Back years ago, one of the regular posters to a.t.e complained several times about mosquitoes in Milan. I believe he was an Aussie who lived there several years? Been to different parts of Italy several times, though mostly in May and early June. Never encountered any problems with mosquitoes. Maybe a bite here or there. Once in Venice, the place I stayed had those plug-in bug zappers of some kind in the rooms. Three weeks, May 2013. Cinque Terre, Toscana, Roma, San Marino, Venezia, Milano, Pisa, Firenze (not in that order). Did not see, hear, or feel a single mosquito. -- Wes Groleau |
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On 12/6/15 2:20 PM, W. Wesley Groleau wrote:
On 06-01-2015 16:34, poldy wrote: Back years ago, one of the regular posters to a.t.e complained several times about mosquitoes in Milan. I believe he was an Aussie who lived there several years? Been to different parts of Italy several times, though mostly in May and early June. Never encountered any problems with mosquitoes. Maybe a bite here or there. Once in Venice, the place I stayed had those plug-in bug zappers of some kind in the rooms. Three weeks, May 2013. Cinque Terre, Toscana, Roma, San Marino, Venezia, Milano, Pisa, Firenze (not in that order). Did not see, hear, or feel a single mosquito. Oh man, now that this thread was resuscitated, I went to Sicily at the end of September, first part of October. First Taormina and then 3 nights in Salina, then Siracusa, Noto and Ragusa. They had record rains the weeks before I arrived. In fact the funivia in Taormina was out of service due to mudslides. Weather was humid. There was some sun but a lot of clouds. Didn't have a problem with mosquitoes in the room but during the day, you had to keep waving off flies from your arms and legs. Then in Salina, there were some heavy thunderstorms. But the first afternoon, the flies problem was more accute. Could not sit down for more than a couple of minutes before they were all over you. First night, I was awoke by very loud, high-pitched hum. Something flying right by my head. Woke up with bites all over my legs. Complained and the hotel gave me one of those traps that you plug in, with a little "tablet" to slide in. That helped a lot. I guess the fall is the worst time for mosquitoes, especially in muggy weather. |
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