Dr Daria Sikorska from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, together with a team of researchers from the Independent Applied Entomology Institute and coworkers from Great Britain, conducts research on the mosquitoes in the Vistula riverbank in Warsaw.

Scientists are investigating mosquito larvae in water reservoirs that appeared after the Vistula’s waters have disappeared. They also use drones to determine the range of potential egg-laying sites.

Researchers found three species of mosquitoes that are very similar to each other, although they differ slightly in preferences to the habitat in which they reproduce. The most troublesome insect at the moment is the most numerous Aedes vexans, which usually lays eggs in temporary water reservoirs, for example remaining after water flooding, which are currently observed on the Vistula River.

Scientists from WULS-SGGW also want to learn how the mosquitoes affect people who rest on the Vistula, so they ask for the survey to be completed:
https://forms.gle/3b1C7BKDhc6TUWX66